Advancing the MRS Mission through the Materials Research Society Foundation
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MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY
OPINION LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT The Materials Research Society Foundation was specifically created to support materials research and materials researchers.
Advancing the MRS Mission through the Materials Research Society Foundation www.mrs.org/foundation
Tia Benson Tolle 2014 MRS President
The Materials Research Society mission calls on us to promote interdisciplinary materials research and technology to improve the quality of life. In 2012, we launched the Materials Research Society Foundation to benefit a wide range of innovative grassroots, member-driven initiatives—from student chapter proposals, to local or regional education/outreach projects, to those with the potential to impact the materials enterprise worldwide. As such, the Foundation aspires to advance our Mission by engaging the materials community and building on MRS’s record of success with programs such as the Strange Matter traveling interactive science exhibition and MAKING STUFF, the four-part PBS primetime series on materials. In only its second year, the grassroots, member-proposed awards are fulfilling the Foundation’s vision, impacting local and global materials communities with these exciting programs: 2013 East Boston High School (EBHS) Materials Science Program, Shannon Morey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Nanomaterials for Middle School Students, Sarah Tolbert and Jia Ming Chen, University of California–Los Angeles, USA Materials Outreach for Rural Education (MORE), Gabriel LeBlanc, Michael Turo, Amy Ng, and Toshia Wrenn, Vanderbilt University, USA 2014 Building the SciBridge between Africa and the U.S., Veronica Augustyn, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Fostering Environmental Consciousness in Classrooms through Sustainable Materials and Biopolymers, Subhalakshmi Nagarajan, Bowling Green State University, USA Integrating Art and Materials Science: A Workshop of K–12 Teachers, Jamila Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Science Saturdays, Katie Van Aken, Drexel University, USA Smart Puppy, Ivan K. Schuller, University of California–San Diego, USA Student support is also a major focal point of our Foundation. MRS University Chapters, MRS Graduate Student Awards, and free electronic membership for students in developing countries— all funded by the Foundation—are excellent examples of how the Foundation is supporting the next generation of materials researchers. The MRS Awards Program, which recognizes
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OPINION LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT excellence in materials research, is an important part of our Foundation as well. We’re proud and excited to announce that a new MRS Postdoctoral Award has been added to our growing roster, with the inaugural recipients to be announced at the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting. To be clear, the Materials Research Society Foundation was specifically created to support materials research and materials researchers, and those founding principles are evident in all that we do. For example: All Foun
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