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Additional details can be found at web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/lemelso n-norris.html.
Report on the ASA Vancouver meet- ing by Society of Physics Students reporter
Kenneth Bader, a member of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and an SPS reporter, wrote an article for the SPS Web site about his experiences in attending the Acoustical Society’s spring 2005 meeting held in Vancouver, Canada. This report can be found on the SPS Web site at: www.spsnational.org/societynews/asa_ 05_report.htm.
Grants available from American Tinnitus Association
The American Tinnitus Associa- tion (ATA) awards as much as $100,000 annually for up to three years for researchers directly concerned with tinnitus. The ATA invites grant appli- cations twice annually, with deadlines of 30 June and 31 December.
The ATA Research Grant Program offers $50,000 per year for up to two years or a maximum of $100,000 per year for up to three years for exceptional proj- ects. A $10,000 Student Research Grant is also available for doctoral candidates and medical residents to use for tinnitus- related research to help them in their degree candidacy. For grant applications and guidelines, contact the American Tinnitus Association at www.ata.org or 1-800-634-8978.
Nanotechnology news
The annual meeting of the International Congress of Nanotech- nology (ICNT) 2005 will be held on October 31–November 4, 2005, at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel. For full details, visit www.nanotechcongress.com/.
ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the word, has announced the formation of a new committee, E56, to develop international consensus stan- dards, definitions, terminology, and pro-
cedures covering nanotechnology. ASTM meetings are open to all interested indi- viduals. For information on Committee E56, contact Pat A. Picariello, director of development operations at ASTM International, phone 610-832-9720; ppi- carie@astm.org; or visit www.astm.org/
The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) has been accepted as a voting member of the ANSI-accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to Technical Committee 229, newly formed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to address the nanotechnology disciplines. In this role, IEST will represent the environmental sciences at the cutting edge of global standards development for the emerg- ing technologies.
ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies will produce standards for classification, terminology and nomenclature, basic metrology, calibration and certification, and environmental issues.
More information is available online at www.iest.org.
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