The members of the Nat Sternberg Thesis Award Committee are soliciting nominations for the 2014 prize. This is a cash award given each year to a student for the most outstanding Ph.D. thesis in prokaryotic molecular biology. The award will be presented at the Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages meeting, at which time the recipient will give a presentation about his or her work. The award also provides a travel allowance to the meeting.

Space research institute soliciting First Award Fellowship applications

We are writing to let you know that we have extended the application deadline for BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroSciences, a national program to accelerate and improve the career advancement of neuroscience postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented groups.