The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accepting applications for the sixth annual Frank and Sara McKnight Awards in Molecular Sciences. We will offer awards in three areas: Chemistry, Biophysics or Computational Biology and Biological Chemistry. These prizes are designed to recognize undergraduate students with a commitment to scientific research and a record of academic achievement. Approximately fifteen finalists will be chosen from the applicants, and they will be invited to attend a scientific retreat hosted by the Department of Biochemistry at UT Southwestern. There, students will present a poster describing their research. Three young researchers will be awarded first prizes ($2000) while the other finalists will receive $500 prizes. Please share this opportunity with your outstanding undergraduates and encourage them to apply. If there are other pools of qualified students in your institution, we would appreciate it if you could forward this announcement to them, too.
The application process is simple and requires only a brief description of their research experience, a letter of support from their mentor(s) and the usual numerical metrics. We need to receive these applications by October 1, 2011 by email to McknightPrize@utsouthwestern.edu. Students should include Chemistry Prize, Biophysics Prize or Biological Chemistry Prize in the subject line. Thank you for supporting our effort to celebrate research in the molecular sciences. Every year we are encouraged by witnessing the passion and vibrancy that fills these young scientists. The link below provides flyers and a detailed application procedure.
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/mcknightprize
In addition to our desire to recognize excellence in undergraduate research, we host this competition to familiarize undergraduates with the exciting opportunities for graduate education at UT Southwestern. In that regard, more information about the graduate programs at UT Southwestern can be found at the links below.
Graduate program in chemistry:
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/graduateschool/chemistry.html
Graduate program in molecular biophysics and computational biology:
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/graduateschool/molecularbiophysics.html
Graduate program in biological chemistry:
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/graduateschool/biologicalchemistry.html
If students have additional questions, they can contact us directly.
Sincerely,
Joe Ready (Chemistry Prize, Joseph.ready@utsouthwestern.edu)
Kevin Gardner (Molecular Biophysics Prize, Kevin.gardner@utsouthwestern.edu)
Benjamin Tu (Biological Chemistry Prize, Benjamin.tu@utsouthwestern.edu)
