The Graduate Student Recruitment and Retention at the Graduate School has selected the Neuroscience and Behavior Program as a recipient of a two-year minority targeted fellowship. NSB thanks Dr. Sandra Petersen for her efforts in writing and submitting the diversity fellowship proposal. Dr. Petersen states "We have established direct connections with scientists at excellent historically minority institutions (Howard University, Hampton University and Jackson State University). This fall teams of two faculty will visit these institutions in order to meet faculty and to establish a collegial, collaborative relationships with these important student mentors. We will also meet individually with Honors Program students to inform them of unique opportunities in the NSB program. To reach a larger audience, we will give seminars on our own research and approaches. This will enable us to establish the critical personal contacts that are so important in attracting students".

Ms. Jamy Gaynor received a Diversity Fellowship. She will be working in the laboratory of Dr. John Moore.

Ms. Govini Mohan received a 12-month Northeast Alliance Graduate Fellowship for 2001-2002. The Alliance Fellowships are being offered under the auspices of the Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NEAGEP), a grant-funded program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The purpose of the NEAGEP is to increase the number of underrepresented mnority students enrolled in doctoral programs in science, mathematics and engineering.

The Graduate Student Grant Services (GSGS), located at UMass helps promote the scholarly activities of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who seek extramural support for their studies and research. GSGS provides a variety of funding opportunity information services, training workshops and individual and departmental consultations.

Check out the monthly newsletter entitled GRANTSCAPE for a current listing of student fellowship opportunities. GSGS provides access to some excellent resources including two key databases of funding opportunities: The Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) and Community of Science. For those in the science disciplines, GSGS has recently subscribed to Nextwave, an online publication that covers scientific training, career development, and the science job market.

Please feel free to contact either Karma Dolma or Joannah Whitney, Coordinators of the Graduate Student Grants Service, 517 Goodell Bldg.

Phone: 413-545-5279
gsgs@ora.umass.edu

Note: The NSB Program has received a copy of the 5th edition of the Peterson's GRANTS FOR GRADUATE & POSTDOCTORAL STUDY. This directory includes more than 1,400 fellowships, grants, internships, and awards.

National Research Council

The National Research Council announces the 1999 Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateship Programs to be conducted on behalf of over 120 research laboratories throughout the United States representing nearly all U.S. Government agencies with research facilities. Approximately 350 new full-time Associateships will be awarded on a competitive basis for research in: chemistry, earth and atmospheric sciences, engineering, applied sciences and computer science; life, medical, and behavioral sciences; mathematics; space and planetary sciences; and physics. Most of the laboratories are open to both U.S. and non-U.S. nationals, and to both recent doctoral recipients and senior investigators.

Information on specific research opportunities and participating federal laboratories, as well as application materials, may be obtained from the:

E-Mail: rap@nas.edu
Internet: www.rap.nas.edu/