Dear Graduate Students, Purdue University will nominate one PhD graduate student researcher for the 2018 Chorafas Foundation Award. The $5,000 award, made available by the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation, is intended as a prize for advanced studies and/or research during or shortly after graduation. The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation was founded in 1992 under the leadership of Prof. Dimitris N. Chorafas. Each year, the Foundation awards prizes to more than 20 universities, with the goal of stimulating promising young researchers. To apply for this award, please see the attached announcement for eligibility and instructions. If you know other graduate students who would qualify, please share this information with them. Research projects in the following areas are eligible for the Chorafas Award: * Research, Development and Applications in Advanced Technology * Life sciences and Medicine * Physics, Chemistry, Sciences of the Very Small and the Very Large * Formal sciences: Mathematics, Logic, Statistics and their Applications * Hard Science Solutions to Millennium Problems * Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Regards, Vicki Vicki Leavitt SURF Program Manager www.purdue.edu/surf<http://www.purdue.edu/surf> College of Engineering, Office of Research MOVED!..to Wang 4040 (765) 496-2349