Press Release 061906/159

Helen McDonnell, Marketing Associate (mcdonnell@icdd.com) 

Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Awards
Sponsored by the International Centre for Diffraction Data

Application Deadline: 31 October 2006

To encourage promising graduate students to pursue crystallography-oriented research, the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) has established the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Fund. Multiple recipients are selected on a competitive basis, each receiving an award of $2,500. Applications must be received by the ICDD by 31 October 2006.

Qualifications for the applicant: The applicant should be enrolled in a graduate degree program during the 2007 calendar year with major interest in crystallography, e.g. crystal structure analysis, crystal morphology, modulated structures, correlation of atomic structure with physical properties, systematic classification of crystal structures, phase identification and materials characterization. There are no restrictions on country, race, age or sex. The term of the scholarship is one year.

Submit:

• Curriculum vitae, listing degree(s) held and degree(s) sought.
• A description of the candidate's proposed research including: purpose and rationale of research, proposed methodology to be used in the study and references and/or descriptions of the scientific background for the proposed research.
• A supportive letter from the candidate's primary research advisor.

Scholarship awards are made possible by donations from both private and industrial sectors. Donations can be directed to the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship at the address below.

Visit our web site at: http://www.icdd.com/resources/awards/frevel.htm for complete information on the application procedure.

Please mail to:
Scholarship Committee
c/o Corporate Secretary, International Centre for Diffraction Data
12 Campus Boulevard
Newtown Square, PA 19073-3273 U.S.A.

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