From: "David W. Inouye"Subject: Request for proposals: involve high-school students in your research Editorial note from the moderator - I've worked with this program at the=20 Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory and the Mountain Research Station in=20 the past and found it rewarding. David Inouye REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS STUDENT CHALLENGE AWARDS PROGRAM GRANTS Gain the research assistance of highly motivated high school students and an opportunity to expand the potential of talented youth. In the summer of 2001, Earthwatch Institute and The Durfee Foundation will sponsor 10 research projects through the Student Challenge Awards Program. Scientists with research projects amenable to the participation of talented high school students are invited to apply for grants of $6,000 to $14,000. These grants support teams of 6 to 8 high school students plus 2 to 3= research staff working at sites in North America, Hawaii, or the Caribbean. This program aims to support the research and education initiatives of scientists by providing mentoring opportunities, research grants, and the assistance of talented high school students. By connecting students with scientists, we aim to excite the imagination and expand the potential of gifted students, and to stimulate the students=92 curiosity about science= and technology. Students with interest in science, and demonstrated talent in the arts and humanities, are recruited through a nationwide search and highly competitive selection process. Earthwatch Institute assigns the students to research sites. Student Challenge Awards projects are fielded between 15 June and 20 August and run for 12 to 18 days. September 15, 2000 is the proposal deadline for SCAP projects fielded in the summer of 2001. We welcome proposals for: =95 research projects that expose students to new scientific technologies and enable nonspecialists to make a tangible contribution to science =95 laboratory, observatory, or field research =95 research in the life sciences, physical sciences, or archaeology =95 research conducted in North America, Hawaii, or The Caribbean =95 research conducted by principal investigators and research institutions committed to the scientific education and personal growth of talented youth =95 projects that include graduate student mentors and/or other staff who= can help provide 24 hour supervision for one=92s team. For a program overview, project structure, and grant application information please go to: http://www.earthwatch.org/cfr/CFRdurfee.html. For links to web sites created by SCAP teams and information about= nominating students for an award please go to: http://www.earthwatch.org/ed/scdurfee.html. Contact Dee Robbins, SCAP Program Director, for more information: E-mail: drobbins@earthwatch.org =95 Telephone: 978-461-0081, ext. 109 Address: Earthwatch Institute =95 3 Clocktower Place, Suite 100 =95 P.O. Box 75 =95 Maynard, MA 01754-0075 ************* Year 2000 Projects Dr. George Andrykovitch, Dr. Luther Brown, Dr. Ted R. Bradley, George Mason University: Biodiversity and Bioprospecting on Andros Island. Bahamas Environmental Research Center, Andros Island, Commonwealth of the Bahamas Dr. Donald Casperson, Dr. Galen Gisler, Dr. Todd Haines, Los Alamos National Laboratory: Transient Phenomena in Astrophysics. Fenton Hill Observatory &= Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Dr. Douglas A. Eifler, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point: Responses= to Environmental Variation in Lizards. Southwestern Research Station, near Portal, Arizona. Dr. Ron Greeley and Jim Klemaszewski, NASA & Arizona State University:= Europa Landing Site Selection Project. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Dr. Dean Hendrickson, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas Austin, Dr. Francisco Garcia de Le=F3n, Instituto Tecnol=F3gico de Cd. Victoria, Mexico,= and Dr. Jane Marks, Northern Arizona University: Evolution and Conservation of= the Endemic Fishes of Cuatro Ci=E9negas Natural Protected Area, M=E9xico. Cuatro Ci=E9negas Natural Protected Area, Coahuila, M=E9xico Dr. Vaughan Langman and Mike Rowe, Louisiana State University: Biophysics of Heat Exchange and Biomechanics of Locomotion in the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana). Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Dr. Michael Loik, University of California Santa Cruz: Plant Responses to Climate Change in the Western United States. White Mountain Research= Station, near Bishop, California Dr. Julia Sankey, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: Dinosaurs and otherCretaceous Wildlife of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Big Bend National Park, Texas Dr. Robert Stevenson, University of Massachusetts Boston: Conserving= Tropical Ecosystems:Using Mapping and Imaging Technologies with Migratory Butterfly Species in the Design of an Altitudinal Reserve near Monteverde, Costa Rica. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica =09