1.

Applicant(s) and Visitor

• Name(s) and contact information of the person(s) submitting the proposal.
• Proposed visitor's name and affiliation
  • Short (1-page) biography of the proposed visitor, highlighting exceptional qualifications and noting key publications or awards. Briefly discuss the visitor's expertise and ability to communicate to a broad interdisciplinary campus audience and public at large.

2.

Proposal

• Event Title and summary. Provide a narrative summary (50-60 words) of the speaker's proposed presentation on campus which will be used for publicity purposes.
• Dates on Campus.
  • Lecture Dates: List two (2) preferred dates and times for the lecture.
• Narrative (1-2 pages)
  
  • Describe the lecture and its appeal to a wide range of departments or units. Please indicate the units which might specifically be interested in this visit. NOTE: Material presented should be accessible to the non-specialist. What impact will this event have on the University of Illinois community and community at large? Previous lecturers have (a) demonstrated a capacity not only for basic discovery but also for the mangement needed to develop commercially successful products or (b) contributed in an important way to theoretical studies of the process by which basic discovery is translated into commercial applications or into some new understanding of the social aspects of this process.

3.

Letters

Unit head's letter is required indicating the financial commitment of your unit and how this visit will impact on the unit as a whole.

Please request three (3) letters from different departments or other organizations/universities.

• Applicant prepares request for support. After submitting your application, you continue on into the website to generate email messages for your primary unit head and each of three referees. These auto-generated emails attach/enclose the Instructions to Referees with your narrative. Just follow the prompts and click on the "Send this message" button.
   
• You are encouraged to contact your primary unit head and three (3) referees ahead of time and ask them to prepare letters of support. The selection committee cannot guarantee consideration of letters received after the deadline.