2006 Annual Research Awards Program

2005 Research Award Winners

Geochron Laboratories, a division of Krueger Enterprises, Inc., is pleased to announce that it will again award a series of research grants to graduate students in 2006. The awards will consist of analytical services to be performed free of charge for the winner in each category. For more than 20 years, we have offered awards in ¹⁴C dating and stable isotope ratio analyses.

The official program rules are detailed below. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2006. Early application is suggested to assist us with prompt evaluation and notification of winners.

The two separate general area awards are offered by Geochron in an attempt to encourage the application of isotopic analysis techniques to solve original and significant problems. The awards consist specifically of the following services:

¹⁴C age determinations:
Up to six (6) conventional ¹⁴C age determinations.

Stable Isotope Ratio Analyses:
Up to $1,800.00 in stable isotope analyses, of any variety or combination (except oxygen SIRA on silicates), based on our published prices.

There will be at least one award in each category receiving applications. We may select more than one winner in any category, at our option. The various categories cannot be combined in the same proposal, although separate proposals by the same applicant are welcome and will be judged independently in their respective categories. Further information about the exact nature of the services available may be obtained by calling 617-876-3691 or sending a fax to 617-661-0148.

Program Rules

All applicants must be graduate students in good standing at U.S. or foreign accredited academic institutions.

Applicants must submit their name, address, telephone number, institutional affiliation, field of specialization, as well as their graduate supervisor's name, address, and telephone number.

The category of analysis should be specified and the problem to which the analyses will be applied should be accurately described in less than 500 words, including evidence that the application of the analyses to be awarded is likely to solve the problem. Brevity will be rewarded, loquacity punished!

Additional documentation, references, reprints, maps, etc., may be included separately. Supplementary material will not be returned, so please send copies.

All entries must be written in English.

Applications must be received at Geochron no later than May 1, 2006.

All entries will be judged on the basis of originality, actual availability of appropriate materials for analysis, significance to the field of study, and probability of a solution by the analytical method chosen and the amount of work to be awarded.

Winners of each award will be notified by August 1, 2006. Please give a summer address if you expect to be away from your school address in August.

Samples for analyses must be submitted before the end of academic year 2006/2007. Analytical results will be reported on our standard forms.

It is expected that the award will be appropriately acknowledged in any thesis or subsequent publications that utilize data provided under the award, and that copies or reprints of such publications will be sent to Geochron for our records.

Send Applications To:
Research Awards
Geochron Laboratories

45 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821 U.S.A.
Telephone: (978) 667-7080
Telefax: (978) 667-6999 e-mail: staff@geochronlabs.com
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