Funding: |
A single $60,000 grant will be offered,
in two annual installments of $30,000. The recipient will be
announced at the November 2009 AIChE meeting in Nashville, TN. The
use of grant funds is restricted to direct research expenditures and
excludes overhead, administrative charges, secretarial support,
academic year charge-out, university-wide taxes on gifts and the
like.
The recipient is expected to attend the Biennial Conference of the
North American Mixing Forum to
present initial results, and the Biennial Conference,
to present final results. Conference fees including room and board,
but not travel expenses, will be waived. |
Application |
Proposals should be submitted electronically in PDF format to
d.dickey@mixtech.com. A signed original of the proposal, post marked
by the deadline date, should be sent to:
David Dickey
NAMF President
MixTech, Inc.
454 Ramsgate Drive
Dayton, OH 45430-2097 |
Enough information should be
given to enable a rigorous evaluation of the scientific merits and
potential impact of the work. The text should be limited to ten
pages (12 point @ 1.5 spaces) including summary, introduction,
proposed work, figures, future directions and references. A title
page, one page budget, a statement by an appropriate officer of the
institute accepting the restrictions on the grant, and a two page
vitae are additional. The decision of the referees will be final. NAMF reserves the right not to award the grant if no application is
judged sufficiently meritorious.This solicitation is for the
sixth NAMF Startup
Grant. |