• IT Director (Programmer/Analyst)
• Grant Programs Director  
• Bookkeeper

For all positions, forward letter and resume to:
SACNAS
P.O. Box 8526
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
marina@sacnas.org

High school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students pursuing a STEM discipline are encouraged to submit an application for the AHETEMS Scholarship Program. Merit-based and need-based scholarship range from $1,000 - $5,000. Citizenship varies for each type of scholarship available. The application must be postmarked by April 1, 2007.

The MMSAP is an eight- to twelve-week summer research experience for minority students in their first or second year of medical school. The benefits include a $5,000 stipend and two mentors to help guide them through their experience. Additional long- and short-term benefits are provided to participants throughout medical school and residency, including complimentary copies of ASH publications and travel allowances for attending the ASH annual meeting. There is no fee to apply.

Ask Dr. MAES questions by email or phone at http://www.askdrmaes.org/. Ask Dr. MAES is a forum for students to ask questions about surviving college life, graduate school, and the first 5 years after graduation. Go to the website to read and submit questions for Dr. MAES. Anybody can submit a question and have it answered on the blog by one or more of our contributors. Dr. MAES is a free resources to all students regardless of sex, race, color, or creed. Send the Dr. MAES website to all your friends who have questions about school and life after college   To contact Dr. MAES, write or call. You can use the email form at http://www.askdrmaes.org or you can leave your question for Dr. MAES at (949) 528-MAES (6237). Voicemail questions will be answered on the Dr. MAES podcast that will soon be available on the blog and at Itunes. Students and professionals interested in writing for Dr. MAES should send their expression of interest to pagess@maes-natl.org

NSF/NIH-funded program designed to prepare students for the experience of graduate school. Program requires commitment of two summers. Good stipend plus housing and travel provided. Rising juniors/seniors willing to commit to two summers should apply. More info: http://www.vcu.edu/csbc/bbsi/inst/archives/BBSI-Flyer.html

Funded 10 week summer research experiences for undergraduate students in environmental health. Stipend will be at least $5200. For a list of participating advisors and research interests, eligibility criteria, and application materials, see website. Deadline for applying is March 9th. Environmental health is the study of how environmental factors can harm human health and how to identify, prevent, and control these effects.

IBM Announces First of Its Kind Cell Broadband Engine Contest for Students Across the Globe IBM announced a first of its kind programming contest for college and university students in 25 different countries, offering cash prizes and awards for the most innovative applications of the breakthrough Cell Broadband EngineT (Cell/B.E.).   By working directly with the Cell/B.E., students will be getting hands-on experience with cutting edge technology as well as building tangible, multi-disciplinary skills that will give them a competitive edge as they enter the workforce. Participants will need to demonstrate their mastery of the theoretical and practical uses of Cell/B.E. technologies to rise to the top, as they complete an online quiz testing their knowledge of Cell/B.E. trivia, and then develop an innovative software program based on the technology.   Additional information on eligibility, rules and requirements, and entry applications for both Challenges can be found at:   http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/students/contests/cell/

The MBARI internship program is open to educators and college students (undergraduate and graduate level). There are no application forms other than the material listed below.  Applications for the 2007 program are now being accepted, however the cover letter should also list the project that you are most interested in working on this summer. Potential project descriptions are now posted, but there may be additional projects added, so please check back http://www.mbari.org/education/internship/07interns/07announce.htm

Complete applications should include a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, a cover letter, and the online supplemental information form (this can be found at the above URL). The cover letter should include your specific research interests, your reasons for applying to MBARI, and a list of relevant courses and grades earned. The deadline is coming up fast - the application must arrive by Feb. 15th.

The Minority Scholars Award is presented annually to 10 medical students from minority groups historically underrepresented in the medical profession. The $10,000 awards are offered with support from the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative.  The Minority Scholars Award recognizes personal commitment to improving minority health status, scholastic achievement and financial need among minority students. Eligible nominees are medical students from one of the following underrepresented minority groups: African American/Black, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino. Nominees must be a permanent resident or citizen of the Unites States in their first or second year at an accredited medical school. Eligible candidates must be nominated by the medical school dean or dean’s designate. Each medical school may nominate up to two individuals for this award.  The AMA Foundation must then receive completed nomination forms no later than April 16.

Grand Valley State University, in western Michigan, invites interested undergraduates to apply for NSF REU summer research fellowships in mathematics. Financial support includes a research stipend of $3200, housing in on-campus air-conditioned townhouses (with your own bedroom), and a generous food allowance. Current areas of research among faculty mentors include billiards and dual billiards, voting theory, metric geometry, and equal circle packings. Past student research projects have resulted in publications in various journals.

Science students in low-income areas are on average three grade levels behind their high-income counterparts and seven times less likely to graduate from college. The nation is in desperate need for more leaders with strong science backgrounds to provide these students with a high-quality science and mathematics education. To find out how you can use your skills to effect meaningful change, visit www.teachforamerica.org.

The White House Internship Program offers an excellent opportunity to serve our President and explore public service. We are seeking exceptional candidates to apply for this highly-competitive Program. In addition to typical office duties, interns attend weekly lectures, tours and complete an intern service project. Interns may serve a term in the Fall, Spring or Summer. Every candidate must be a U.S. citizen, enrolled in a college or university and be at least 18 years old. An application and additional info about the Program can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html. Strong applications should exhibit: (1) sound academic credentials, (2) a history of community involvement and leadership, (3) solid verbal/written communication skills and (4) a demonstrated interest in public service.

The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants for the following vacant seat on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (council): Education Primary. Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying; community and professional affiliations; philosophy regarding the protection and management of marine resources; and possibly the length of residence in the area affected by the sanctuary. The advisory council meets every other month in daytime public sessions held in varying locations along the coast bordering the sanctuary.

The Education Primary seat, which was vacated by the previously appointed representative before the end of the term, will begin their term in April 2007 and should expect to serve until February 2008.

Application kits may be obtained from the following Web address; http://montereybay.noaa.gov/sac/2007/recruit07v1/012207covlet.html or through the Sanctuary office at 299 Foam Street, Monterey, CA 93940. Completed applications should be sent to the same address.

The Leopold Leadership Program at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University invites mid-career academic environmental scientists from North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States) to apply for the 2008 fellowships that provide scientific leadership, communications and outreach training.

Through a competitive process, the Leopold Leadership Program selects up to 20 Fellows to participate in an intensive training program designed to build and enhance the skills of academic environmental scientists to communicate with policy makers, media representatives, businesses, non-profit organizations, and the general public. The program’s mission is to advance environmental decision-making by providing academic environmental scientists with the skills and connections needed to be effective leaders and communicators.

The program seeks candidates with terminal degrees from a broad range of disciplines including biological, physical and social sciences (e.g. economics, political science) and technical, medical and engineering fields (e.g., wildlife veterinary medicine, environmental health, hazardous waste management) related to the environment. Applicants must be employed by an academic institution in North America, be at mid-career as a tenured or tenure-track professor (associate professor or professor level or equivalent), and be active in teaching and research.

The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center at Monterey Peninsula College hosts the NOSB - Otter Bowl here in Monterey on Feb 24 2007. We are seeking willing volunteers to help with the competition. High school teams from Monterey to Tomales bay compete in the competition. Its a round robin, double elimination format where teams compete to answer questions relating to the ocean sciences. This year 14 schools have registered for the competition and it will be a fun and exciting event with your support. The positions that need support are:

• scorekeeper (2 volunteers needed) - keeps score as the competition progresses.
• moderator (2 volunteers needed)- reads the questions to the students
• Science Judge (2 volunteer needed) - screens any science related challenges during the game and reviews the official game questions once they arrive from headquarters  

For more information on the positions, please visit: http://www.nosb.org/?anchor=roles  

FFCEP is an all-expense-paid opportunity for minority Ph.D., MFA and Post Docs students to visit Rochester Institute of Technology. This program enables minority students interested in teaching to visit RIT and Rochester, NY for a weekend. FFCEP is a unique and exciting opportunity to explore potential career choices through exploratory interviews; presentations; meetings with deans, department heads, and RIT president; campus and community tours. Application deadline in June 8, 2007 Program date: September 26-30, 2007

Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, now offers an
all-expense-paid summer institute in cardiovascular genetic epidemiology, sponsored by the NHLBI for the purpose of increasing diversity in the biomedical research workforce. Junior faculty from Under Represented Minority population groups and faculty with disabilities qualify for this opportunity.

The NPA 5th Annual Meeting is scheduled for March 30 - April 1, 2007, in Berkeley, CA. Travel awards are available to both postdocs and administrators who would like to attend. This year's keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of the NIH. Online registration for the meeting is now open.  Visit the NPA 2007 Annual Meeting page  for details and to register.

Humboldt State University, nationally known for its strong natural
resource management programs is pleased to announce that thirty students
will receive $3623 a year for 4-years. All students interested in
studying Computer Science, Mathematics or Environmental Resources
Engineering with a GPA of 2.75 or higher and financial need should apply
http://www.humboldt.edu/~sls/. Priority will be given to eligible
applicants who are American Indian and/or first generation college
students. 
The deadline to apply for the scholarship is April 15, 2007. Students can
apply to HSU as late as this date as long as their FAFSA form is submitted
by March 2.

Girls on Ice is a unique eleven-day leadership program for teenage girls that combines leadership, mountaineering and science. The program takes place July 22-August 1, 2007 and is free to girls who qualify via a merit-based application process. It is open to girls 15-18 years old who have shown a keen interest in science and the outdoors. Nine young women will be selected and the ideal candidate will be an inquisitive, adventurous girl who would like to learn more about scientific inquiry, research, careers in science and the Northwest environment. It is the only program in the nation that combines leadership, scientific inquiry and mountaineering for teenage girls. It provides a rare opportunity for young women to feel at home in the wilderness while observing the natural world through the unique lens of science under the guidance of professional female glaciologists and mountaineers.

Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans (MERITO)
has partnered with the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) in sponsoring a
cartoon contest.

Cartoon strips must in some way support the theme of protecting our
watersheds, ocean and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Any
5th-12th grade student living in Monterey or Santa Cruz Counties is
eligible and winners will be announced at MBA's Dia del Nino event on
Sunday, April 15th.

Grand Prize includes $200 and artwork displayed on the side of a
Monterey-Salinas Transit bus. Runner-up prizes include admission to the aquarium and passes to MBA's Science Under Sail and Underwater Explorers programs.

High school students in Southern New Mexico, El Paso, Dallas/Forth Worth and Puerto Rico are invited to register to participate in one of the following science bowls: Feb 17 - New Mexico State University Feb 24 - University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Mar 3 - University of Texas at Arlington Registration deadlines vary. Cost is $25 per team. The winning team gets an all-expense paid invitation to compete at the National Science Bowl in Washington DC.

Latino/a students attending grades 6 to 8 at an accredited school are encouraged to apply for the AHETEMS Space Camp Scholarship. Application must be postmarked by Feb 15, 2007.

SSP is an exhilarating 6-week experience in which high school students, working in teams, learn how to apply physics and calculus to determine the orbit of an asteroid using their own observations from a professional grade telescope. Along the way, students also meet prominent guest speakers and take behind-the-scenes fieldtrips to places like NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory or the Very Large Array of radio telescopes. Young women and minority students are especially encouraged to apply.

The Cornell Association for the Technological Advancement of Learned Youth in Science and Technology(CATALYST) program is a one-week summer residential program for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from underrepresented backgrounds. CATALYST seeks to advance diversity in engineering and especially encourages members of groups underrepresented in the fields of math, science, and engineering (African American, Latino/a, or Native American) to apply. The program is sponsored in part by a grant from Cornell Alum, Dick Rothkopf '67, and through the generous support of the Motorola Foundation. Participants will be exposed to hands-on projects in engineering research fields and lab sessions led by world renowned engineering faculty. Academic and leadership skill development, panel discussions, social events, and other out-of-classroom activities will provide participants with opportunities to informally network with Cornell faculty, staff, and students. This summer, spend a week making new friends, experience life on a university campus, and explore the many exciting possibilities awaiting you in engineering.

There is special emphasis on student-faculty interaction. The faculty is diverse in terms of disciplines and the students in terms of stage of career and fields of concentration. This diversity makes for an exciting experience for all. Please visit the website for comlpete details.

This workshop is designed to provide training in the theory and practice of maintaining mouse colonies for production and research. The newly expanded four-day program is designed for colony managers, animal care technicians and students requiring an understanding of issues relating to the management of animal research and production colonies.

The workshop focuses on the assessment of cardiovascular function in mouse models. This is a comprehensive program which includes didactic lectures by leaders in the field of cardiovascular physiology, pharmacology and pathology, followed by four days of hands on workshops. Please visit website for complete details.

This meeting is designed for academic and pharmaceutical researchers with interests in the application of mouse models to the development of new therapeutic strategies in the treatment of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.

This meeting is designed for academic and pharmaceutical researchers with interests in the underlying biology and pathology of complex neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Please visit website for complete details.

This workshop will bring together about 30 world-leading experts in diverse fields of modern biological microscopy and medical imaging to provide an overview of the cutting edge in these fields and to discuss current challenges.

Full funding offered for up to 8 individuals to attend the Annual Arabidopsis meeting in Beijing (June 20-23, 2007). Costs covered: registration, meals, accommodations and travel for under-represented minorities and members of minority-serving institutions. Our primary goal is to recruit new people to the Arabidopsis meeting and therefore awardees aren't required to present a talk or poster, although this is welcome and encouraged. Please see website for details. Note: deadline is Feb. 28th, 2007.

This highly acclaimed course covers the application of statistics, molecular biology and genetics to the analysis of complex diseases such as asthma, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Both human and animal model data are presented and considered in-depth.

The Jackson Laboratory and University Michigan Transgenic Animal Model Core have teamed together to host a workshop on how to thaw and surgically recover mouse embryos. This hands-on workshop will help reduce the failure rate among laboratories receiving cryopreserved mouse embryos for the first time and will facilitate the adoption of this very efficient approach for importing mouse strains.

This five day intensive hands-on workshop is for those wishing to obtain practical training in surgical techniques for the laboratory mouse. A wide range of standard and non-standard surgical techniques are also taught and students are encouraged to submit requests for specific procedures. It is almost full. Please visit website for complete details

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SACNAS accepts submission of short items (75 words or less) via the online e-nouncements form for posting to the SACNAS e-nouncements free of charge. Job/position advertisements are not accepted as free postings to e-nouncements. For information on posting a job opportunity, see section C. Job Listings below.

Please address questions or concerns to:
Email: info@sacnas.org
Mail: SACNAS, P.O. Box 8526; Santa Cruz, CA  95061-8526
Phone: 831-459-0170
Toll free phone: 877-SACNAS-1