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All Patents Team (l to r): Andrew Synowiez, Zach Pogue,
Monte Evans and Kevin Webb.
All Patents collaborators include Tackle Design, Internet
Archive, Hueism, Inc. and HP Labs; Duke, George Mason and
Cornell universities; and the Shodor Education Foundation.
If you have any leads towards potential funding partners, we’d
like to hear from you!
Endowed Awards
Two forward-thinking and long-standing members have recently
endowed annual awards in their names. The Walston Chubb
Award for Innovation honors creativity among scientists and
engineers. Carrying a $4,000 honorarium, the award defines
innovation as research into new areas of potential scientific
or engineering importance.
The George Bugliarello Prize will be awarded to a superior
interdisciplinary essay, review of research or analytical article
published in American Scientist. Prof. Bugliarello’s goal with
the $5,000 prize is to inspire thoughtful discourse about how
technology, human society, our biological needs and the needs
of other life on our planet can be advanced.
If you would like to endow a named prize, for either yourself
or in honor of someone near to you, please contact us.
“I wanted to stimulate innovation by
establishing a prize for innovation. Significant innovations
will solve problems caused by man’s limited knowledge of the
universe. Such new knowledge must inevitably benefit all mankind
and enhance the cause and reputation of Sigma Xi.”
WALSTON CHUBB
Grants-in-Aid of Research
The competition for grant money can be especially discouraging
for beginning researchers. For 84 years, Sigma Xi Grants-in-
Aid of Research (GIAR) have made a difference for thousands
of undergraduate and graduate students. These grants
truly represent an investment in the future of science and
engineering.
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www.sigmaxi.org/giving
In the fall of 2005, thanks to special funds provided by the
National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi was able to double the
maximum individual grants available for astronomy research
from $2,500 to $5,000.
We are encouraging members and friends to help us all make
a difference in the careers of more student researchers by
expanding the grants program for all fields of science and
engineering. Contributions of any size are welcome.
A named, one time GIAR of $1,000 can be made to a student
for a tax-deductible gift of $1,200. A tax-deductible $25,000
endowment gift supports a named GIAR of $1,000 annually
in perpetuity for a student in the research field of your choice.
Your gift can be made over a three- to five-year period, if
preferred. Please contact us for further information.
Two-time Grant-in-Aid of Research recipient Eben Goodale
records the sounds of the drongo bird in the Sri Lankan
Rainforest.
Sigma Xi Science Cafés
Sigma Xi is at the forefront of the burgeoning science café
movement. These informal meetings at coffee shops, pubs and
other venues seek to engage researchers and the public in lively,
interactive explorations of news-making science topics.
In February, Sigma Xi and WGBH/Nova ScienceNOW hosted
the first national gathering focused on this movement. The
conference at the Sigma Xi Center drew café organizers from
Sigma Xi chapters, science museums, public television stations
and independently run science
cafés. The New York Times
mentioned this national
meeting as a sign that the
café movement is gaining
momentum. Sigma Xi is looking
for funding to broaden our role
in organizing and facilitating
these events. Visit www.sigmaxi.
org for details on this growing
phenomenon.