The Mineralogical Society of America announces the 2010 MSA Grant for Research in Crystallography, Mineral Physics, Mineral Chemistry, and Mineralogy from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Fund with contributions from MSA members and friends.  The grant comprises up to $5000 for research in crystallography. Students, including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply, in addition to young researchers. However, all proposals are considered together. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the research, and the likelihood of success of the project. The only eligibility requirement for the grant is that the applicant must have reached his or her 25th birthday but not yet have reached his or her 36th birthday on the date the grant is awarded (next in January 2010), and that the person is not a MSA Councillor.

The grant is for research-related expenses only. Travel to meetings, conferences, short courses, non-research fieldtrips, tuition, non-research living (room and board) expenses, etc. are not suitable uses of the money. Neither should the money be used for salary or wages for the researcher. Proposals that make such requests will not be considered further.

The next award will be made in January, 2010. Proposal submissions for the grant are to be made online. Instructions for application and submission of proposals are at http://grants.minsocam.org. Further information can also be obtained from:

Dr. J. Alex Speer
Mineralogical Society of America
3635 Concorde Pkwy Ste 500
Chantilly VA 20151-1125 USA
Tel: +1 (703) 652-9950
Fax: +1 (703) 652-9951
e-mail:j_a_speer@minsocam.org

2009 - Andrew James Wall, The Pennsylvannia State University, University Park, PA, USA - "Assessing Cu isotopic fractionation in Cu-(Fe)-S minerals using time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction"

2008 - Daniel Robert Hummer, The Pennsylvannia State University, University Park, PA, USA - "Nucleation and growth of titanium oxides nanoparticles in aqueous solution"

2007 - Siobhan Alexandra Wilson, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada - "Quantifying uptake of greenhouse gases in hydrotalcite-group minerals"

2006 - Jason Bryan Burt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA - "Theoretical and experimental determination of potential sites for protonation in nominally anyhdrous minerals"

2005 - Christina L. Lopano, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA - "Time-Resolved Structural Analysis of Cation Exchange and Hydrothermal Heating Reactions in Synthetic Manganese Oxides: Birnessite and Todorokite"

2004 - Yongjae Lee, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven, NY, USA - "Investigation of Pressure-Induced Hydration (PIH) in Natrolite at Elevated Temperatures; Hydrothermal Diamond-Anvil Cell (HDAC) and Monochromatic Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction Experiments"

2003 - Nicholas W. Hayman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA - "Mesophases and minerals: A comparison of electron, X-ray, and modeled diffraction patterns from low crystallinity clay minerals"

2002 - Jeffrey R. S. Brownson,University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA - "Effect of organopolymers on kaolinite crystal habit modification"

2001 - Steven D. Jacobsen, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA - "Elasticity of single-crystal (Mg,Fe)O and a new method for generating GHz-frequency shear waves"

2000 - Mikala S. Beig, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA - "Silicate crystallography, weathering and the greenhouse effect"

1999 - Christopher L. Cahill, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA - "Time resolved, in-situ X-ray diffraction studies of precipitation, transformation, and oxidation reactions in the hydrothermal Fe-S system"

1998 - Subarnarekha De, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA - "Microstructural study of carbondo from Brazil and the Central African Republic"

1996 - A. Vahedi-Faridi, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA - "Crystal structure of pillared clays"

1994 - Peter Carman Burns, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada - "Inelastic neutron scattering of the phase transitions in divalent copper oxysalt minerals"

1992 - Roberta L. Millard, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada - "Temperature and compositional dependence of cation ordering in spinel"

1990 - Ross John Angel, University College London, London, United Kingdom - "High-P, high-T investigation of two phase transitions in feldspars"

1988 - Laura Pringel Goodell, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA - "Analytical Electron microscopy of oriented oxide inclusions in silicates"

1986 - William J. Dytrych, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA - "The influence of framework ordering on cation location in zeolite A using anomalous dispersion of synchrotron radiation"

1984 - Melinda Darby Dyar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA - "Effect of iron on the quench structure of silicate melts"

1982 - George A. Lager, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA - "Crystal chemistry of the hydrogarnets"

1982 - Richard N. Abbott, Jr., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA - "High Temperature polymorphs in the system KALSiO4-NaAlSiO4"

1980 - Rodney J. Hill, CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, "Crystal structure, metamictization, and Rare-earth element substitution in zirconolite"

1977 - Louise Levien, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA - "High pressure structure determination and elastic constant measurement"

1973 - Shu-Cheng Yu, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA