Ongoing Activities

2009-2010 Priorities for the Office of Academic Affairs

Semester Conversion

Targeted Investments in Excellence Initiative (TIE)

Internationalizing the University

Program Review

Searches

National and international awards
Call for nominations/applications

The Albert Einstein World Award of Science: http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/awards-science.php. Nominations must be made online: http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/nominations/. Deadline: February 26, 2010.

Aspen Institute - Wye Faculty Seminar, "Citizenship in the American and Global Polity": http://www.aspeninstitute.org/seminars/wye-faculty-seminar. Online application. Deadline: February 28, 2010.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities is sponsoring the 20th Anniversary of the Institute on General Education and Assessment, June 4-9, 2010, University of Vermont. For more information, visit: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/institute_gened/index.cfm Deadline: February 19, 2010.

Balzan Prizes: http://www.balzan.org/en/BalzanPrize.aspx. 2010 prizes will be awarded in European history (1400-1700), history of theatre, stem cells (biology and application), and mathematics. Self-nominations are not accepted. Deadline: March 15, 2010.

The Carnegie Scholars Program has decided not to take nominations/applications for 2010. See letter, dated September 1, 2009.

The Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Aging: www.ellisonfoundation.org. Nominations must be made through the university. For more information go to: http://rf.osu.edu/fundops/detail.cfm?strFOID=2201 Deadline: February 25, 2010.

18th International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering (ICCE-18) call for nano/composites/metal papers: www.uno.edu/~engr/composite. Conference is July 4-10, 2010. Please visit the website or email conference chair dhui@uno.edu for more information about paper submission.

The José Vasconcelos World Award of Education: http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/awards-education.php. Nominations must be made online: http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/nominations/. Deadline: February 26, 2010.

The Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize at Brandeis University to recognize outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations: http://www.brandeis.edu/gittlerprize/ Nominations may be submitted in writing or by using the online form. Deadline: April 15, 2010.

2010 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering: http://fellows.packard.org/. Nomination forms available online beginning February 15. Nomination deadline: March 15, 2010.

The Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research. Nomination forms are available online: http://pauljanssenaward.com. Deadline: February 15, 2010.

Current deadline passed:

American Academy of Arts & Sciences scholars-in-residence program: www.amacad.org. 2010-2011 Application deadline: October 16, 2009.

CISSE 2009 - The Fifth International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering call for papers: http://www.cisse2009.org. Deadline extended to October 26, 2009.

Claremont McKenna College is accepting nominations and applications for The Podlich Fellows Program: http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/podlich/. Deadline: November 1, 2009.

Dan David Prize call for nominations and scholarships: www.dandavidprize.org. 2010 application deadline: November 30, 2009.

Fletcher Fellowships: www.fletcherphilanthropy.org. 2010 application deadline: applications must be postmarked by December 7, 2009.

The Holberg International Memorial Prize call for nominations: www.holbergprisen.no. 2010 nomination deadline: October 12, 2009.

Jefferson Science Fellowships at the U.S. State Department call for applications: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Jefferson/PGA_046612. 2010 application deadline: January 15, 2010.

The Kavli Prize call for nominations in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience: www.kavliprize.no. 2010 nomination deadline: December 15, 2009.

The National Academies, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships, call for nominations for postdoctoral fellows: http://national-academies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/. 2010 deadline: November 9, 2009.

National Asia Research Associates and Fellows. Nominations must be made by email. Please see the program description and nomination instructions (PDF). Deadline: January 31, 2010.

The Raymond & Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics, call for nominations. 2010 deadline: January 15, 2010.

Technology Academy Foundation, in Helsinki, Finland, call for nominations: www.millenniumprize.fi/prize. 2010 deadline for applications: October 1, 2009.

University-wide faculty and staff awards

Academic Rights and Responsibilities: Steps Taken

Board of Regents/University System of Ohio