Sponsor: The Welch Foundation
Program Name: Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research (Welch-Foundation)
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  08-12-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

LIMITATIONS
Limit of two nominations per institution
Any Texas college or university may nominate up to two candidates for any given year. The nomination should normally be by letter from the institution where the nominee is a faculty member. To be eligible, a nominee should have spent the most recent three (3) years ending June 30, 2009 doing chemical research in Texas. Directors and Officers of the Foundation and members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation are not eligible to receive the award. An individual may not nominate oneself for the award.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
The award will be presented at a function on the campus of the awardee

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research is to encourage and recognize young chemical scientists in Texas for their past research endeavors. The award is meant not only to recognize the scientist

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
This following documents should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit:

1. Letter of nomination containing a brief statement of the reason for nomination
2. Nominee

Sponsor: Searle Scholars Program (SSP)
Program Name: Searle Scholars Program  (SSP)
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  08-25-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

LIMITATIONS
Limit of one Proposal per institution
To ensure a thorough review of all candidates, there is a limitation on the number of applications from many of the invited institutions. The University of Texas at Arlington is invited to submit one application for the 2009 competition.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Grants are normally $300,000 for a three-year period, with $100,000 payable in the first year and equal sums payable in the second and third years, subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports. Normally, fifteen new awards will be made annually. The awards will be made to tax-exempt institutions described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and will be designated for the support of the research programs described in the applications.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The Searle Scholars Program was established at The Chicago Community Trust in 1980. It is funded from the estates of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Searle. Mr. Searle was the grandson of the founder of the world-wide pharmaceutical company, G.D. Searle & Company. It was Mr. Searle's wish that certain funds be used to support ". . . research in medicine, chemistry and the biological science." To achieve this goal, grants are made to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in the first or second year of their first appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose current appointment is a tenure-track position.

NOTES:
Applicants will be expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Candidates should have begun or will begin their first appointment at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2007. This appointment must be a tenure-track position, or its equivalent, and must be in an academic department of an invited, degree-granting or research institution.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
This following documents should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit:

1. Departmental letter of nomination
2. Research Abstract
3. CV

Sponsor: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Program Name: Beckman Young Investigators  (BYI)
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  08-31-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

LIMITATIONS
No more than two (2) candidates may apply from any one institution.
The BYI program is open to persons with tenure-track appointments in academic and non-profit institutions that conduct fundamental research in the chemical and life sciences. No more than two (2) candidates may apply from any one institution. If the foundation receives more than two applications from any one institution, only the first two received shall be considered for review. Institutions that submit 'bulk' of two (2) or more applications will be rejected in their entirety.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Projects are normally funded for a period of three years. Grants are normally in the range of $300,000 over the term of the project. The Foundation does not provide for overhead or for indirect costs.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences...Projects should show promise for contributing to significant advances in the research fields of interest to the Foundation. They should represent innovative departures in research rather than extensions or expansions of existing programs. Proposed research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
This following documents should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit:

1. Dean's letter of recommendation (please not that the candidates selected to advance will require a total of three letter of support)
2. Printed application at: http://www.beckman-foundation.com/application.htm (signatures not required for internal review)
3. A four page preliminary proposal, including references
4. CV