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Deadline
Applications
Due:
Tuesday,
October 14, 2008
Letters
Due:
Tuesday,
October 21, 2008
Liesel
Wildhagen is the Public Events Coordinator for this
program. You may contact her at 333-6729.
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The
George A. Miller Programs Committee
accepts applications for a $3500 grant to invite a speaker to deliver the Arnold
O. Beckman Lecture. The UIUC campus Research Board established this lecture
series in 1982 to reflect the character and career of Arnold O. Beckman. Dr.
Beckman’s career provides notable examples of the process by which fundamental
discovery is translated into products for general societal use. The series is
designed to emphasize the benefits of basic research as reflected in the development
of new technology and in the general economic benefit to society.
In
addition to the lump-sum grant, the
Center’s staff handles production and publicity for the lecture and pays
these expenses. All arrangements with the lecturer and any additional costs
are the responsibility of the host department. Note that the host department
is expected to obtain a copy of the lecture for publication in the Annual Report
of the Beckman Endowment (no contravening restriction).
Selection
Criteria
A
Beckman lecturer is distinguished by (a) demonstrating a capacity not only for
basic discovery but also for the management needed to develop commercially successful
products or (b) contributing in an important way to theoretical studies of the
process by which basic discovery is translated into commercial applications
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