Laboratory Experience for Faculty

The NNIN (National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network) is pleased to announce that we will once again sponsor a program for 5 faculty to do research at one of the 14 NNIN sites, including the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF), in the summer of 2010 .   This program, known as the Laboratory Experience for Faculty (LEF),  is for faculty from under-represented populations (African-American, Native American, Hispanic, women) or faculty at institutions primarily serving under-represented populations.  Candidates may not be present or past users of SNF, or be Stanford faculty.  Please forward this e-mail to anyone who you feel would be appropriate for this program.

Selected faculty will spend approximately 10 weeks in summer 2010 at one of the NNIN sites, with flexible dates and times, and will have a staff member of the facility as an assigned host.  He/she will be paired with a nanotechnology faculty member at the site with a research project of mutual interest.  This research can be in any of the many different disciplines of "nanoscience" or "nanotechnology".  Since one of the goals is to establish a long term project, to be continued after the summer by the candidate, the research should be initiated from his/her interest.  More information about potential nanoscience/nanotechnology projects can be found at the NNIN and SNF websites:

http://www.nnin.org/

http://snf.stanford.edu/

and the Stanford Nanoscience and Nanotechnology website:

http://soe.stanford.edu/research/nano.html


Each award from NNIN will total $12k per participant to cover travel, a housing allowance (if necessary), and a participant stipend.  In addition, the NNIN site will cover incidental expenses and lab user fees.

If you are interested in working at SNF for the summer doing research of your interest with a Stanford nanotechnology faculty member, and meet the requirements listed above, please contact:

Professor Yoshio Nishi - yoshio.nishi@stanford.edu and
Paul Rissman - rissman@stanford.edu

with a brief description of your research interest no later than Monday, November 16th, 2009.  If we determine this to be a suitable research area, and can identify a Stanford faculty partner, we will then ask you to prepare and submit the following short application:

1. A description of the project's technical scope and statement of interest by the prospective participant (one to two pages).
2. A short CV from the faculty candidate, such as in the NSF required style (two pages).
3. A statement of support from SNF management detailing the specific site commitments to the specific project (one page).

The deadline for application submission to NNIN is December 9th, 2009.  Selection will be based on suitability and potential success of the project.

Sincerely,

Paul Rissman
Deputy Director
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility