George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant

The purpose of the Deike Research Grant is to promote innovative research of high scholarly merit. The award will be made annually to a tenure-track or fixed term faculty member in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. 

The award recipient will receive $50,000 from the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Endowment Fund.  These funds may be used for research expenses, travel and fieldwork expenses, graduate student support, or equipment purchases and maintenance. The award period is two years and any unspent balance at the end of the award period will be returned to the fund for reallocation.

Nominations
One nominee may be submitted by each EMS department and each of the College's interdisciplinary research institutes.

Nomination documents should include:

• title page including name, rank, department or institute affiliation
• a summary of proposed research, limited to one page and written for nonspecialists
• a narrative of three pages or less in which the problem is defined, the need, value or significance of the work is indicated, and the research plan is broadly outlined
• a short vita, including relevant publications and experience
• a proposed budget including fringe benefits and tuition

Submission
The proposal should be submitted electronically to the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research (emsresearch@ems.psu.edu) no later than February 15th.

Proposal Evaluation
Proposals will be evaluated by a committee appointed by the Dean using the following criteria:

• The scientific and/or technical merits.
• The innovativeness of the research.
• The qualifications, experience and past performance of the proposer.
• The adequacy of facilities and equipment to accomplish the research.
• The reasonableness of the budget.

The final selection will be based on the proposal evaluation and programmatic considerations.

Award Announcement
The award will be announced at the Wilson Awards Banquet held each spring. 

Previous Recipients
The following EMS faculty members have received the Deike Research Grant:

1992	Paul Brown - MatSE Brent Yarnal - Geog	2002	Tanya Furman - Geosc
1993	Louise Michaud - EME	2003	Paul Markowski/Yvett Richardson/Johannes Verlinde - Meteo
1994	Lee Kump - Geosc	2004	Vladislav Kecojevic - EME Christopher L. Muhlstein - MatSE
1995	Altaf Carim - MatSE	2005	Kenneth J. Davis - Meteo
1996	Cynthia Brewer - Geog	2006	Angela Lueking - EME
1997	Kevin Furlong - Geosc	2007	Qing Wang - MatSE
1998	David Green - MatSE	2008	Petra Tschakert - Geog
1999	Dennis Lamb - Meteo Alan Taylor - Geog	2009
2000	Michael Arthur - Geosc Avrami Grader - EME	2010
2001	Long-Qing Chen- MatSE	2011