AVS Professional Research Awards:  Each year, the AVS solicits nominations for major national awards.  These include the Medard W. Welch Award, the Gaede-Langmuir Award, the Albert Nerken Award, the John A. Thornton Memorial Award and Lecture, the Peter Mark Award, Fellow of the Society and the George T. Hanyo Award.  Nominations are due March 31, 2007 and should be submitted electronically to the Awards Coordinator, Angela Klink (angela@avs.org).  Nomination information is available on www.avs.org or through Angela Klink (212-248-0200, ext. 221 or angela@avs.org) 

AVS Graduate Student Awards:  Each year, the AVS solicits nominations for five graduate student awards.  These are the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award, the Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award, the Russell and Sigurd Varian Award, and two Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarships (N.B. the Hoffman Award and Scholarships are distinct from the Hoffman Travel Grants described below).  The Application Form and the Report on Candidate Form, along with the nomination procedure, is available on www.avs.org or through Angela Klink (212-248-0200, ext. 221 or angela@avs.org).  The deadline is March 31, 2007. 

DOROTHY M. AND EARL S. HOFFMAN TRAVEL GRANTS:  The Hoffman Travel Grants have been created in an effort to promote student involvement in AVS and encourage their participation in the annual AVS International Symposium.  These travel grants will be given to any applying graduate students who meet the following criteria: 1) you must be an author or co-author of an abstract accepted for presentation at the Symposium, 2) you must be a full-time graduate student, 3) the grant is not transferable 4) you must attend the Symposium to receive the grant and 5) only one student per abstract will be given a Hoffman grant.  It is not required that the student be the presenter and local students will be eligible for a smaller stipend.  An invitation e-mail will be sent to eligible students (late June 2007) and the student should apply for the grant by return e-mail to the AVS National Office.  The application deadline is Friday, August 31, 2007.  Should your application be approved, you will receive an e-mail notification by October 1.  Grants will be given on a random basis until the 2007 funds are depleted.  Checks for the grant recipients will be available at the Symposium Registration Manager’s desk, and you will also be asked to present a student I.D. Please note that all checks must be collected at the meeting.  Please be advised that receiving a Hoffman Travel Grant does not affect your eligibility for any national, divisional, or technical group merit-based awards.