****I. M. Kolthoff Enrichment Awards for Undergraduate Students

Applications invited for the 2009 I. M. Kolthoff Award for undergraduate research in analytical chemistry. The I.M. Kolthoff Award is given annually to deserving undergraduates who have done undergraduate research in the field of analytical chemistry, broadly defined, in celebration of the life and accomplishments of the late Professor Izaak Maurits Kolthoff, viewed by many as the father of modern analytical chemistry. The Kolthoff awards provide travel funding up to $750 for undergraduate students to present a poster on their undergraduate research this year at the 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition which will take place March 22-26, 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT. Posters for I.M. Kolthoff awardees will be posted online on the members-only section of the ANYL division website.

Preference will be given to applicants who are in their junior or senior year and for whom this would be their first time attending and presenting at a major national research conference. Evaluation criteria will include the quality of the abstract/research, student's grades, advisor's letter of support, the student's interest in and potential for graduate study in the analytical sciences, and diversity (ethnicity, gender, institution type, and institution geographic location).

A completed application consists of the filled-in application form in Microsoft Word, a copy of the abstract submitted for presentation at the spring 2009 ACS National Meeting (At this time the precise deadline for submission of abstracts for the Spring National Meeting has not yet been published but it is anticipated that the deadline will be near the end of October 2008), a signed (by both the applicant and his/her research advisor) copy of the Speaker License and Release Agreement form, and a nomination letter, written by the student's undergraduate research mentor. Applicants for the I. M. Kolthoff Award must submit an abstract for their poster presentation on-line prior to the published deadline for preliminary abstracts. The nomination letter should be submitted directly by the student's advisor via email to Professor Mabrouk. The subject line of the E-mail should state "Letter of Recommendation on Behalf of [Student's Name] for 2009 I. M. Kolthoff Award." All applications and nomination letters must be submitted in electronic form to Professor Pam Mabrouk, Chair of the DAC Education Committee. The deadline for submission of completed applications for the I.M. Kolthoff Award for consideration for the 2009 competition will be October 31, 2008. Please direct all questions to Pam Mabrouk: Dr. Pam Mabrouk by E-mail (p.mabrouk@neu.edu).

Recipients of the I.M. Kolthoff Awards for 200:

• Christopher Backlund, Union College
• Bryan Benson, Johns Hopkins Universityy
• Justin Quinn, Carson-Newman College

Recipients of the I.M. Kolthoff Awards for 2008:

• Angela Peverly, Benedictine University
• Ashten Gray, Winthrop University
• Amanda McMillan, University of Central Arkansas