Hewlett Fund Application Form
1. Project Title:
2. List the names, addresses and phone numbers of the applicants:
3. Amount Requested:
4. Grant Period:
5. Signature of applicant: __________________________________________
Date: __________
6. Statement of recognition of support from Program Director/Department Chair: I agree that this innovation is important to my department/program. Assuming that the project is successful, I agree to provide teaching support for this course to continue in the curriculum. ____________________________
7. Abstract:
8. Attach a brief description of the project. Include details about the project, how it relates to the current curriculum, names of specific courses involved and their enrollments, and how the project is innovative at Northwestern and will improve instruction and benefit students.
9. Describe any prior funding this project has received. What was accomplished with prior funding?
10. Describe any current funding this project is receiving.
11. Describe plans for further funding requests or plans to request matching funds.
12. What other courses at Northwestern can make use of this innovation?
13. To what extent does this project take advantage of existing resources and facilities?
14. Does this project include any computer or other hardware purchases? What are the plans for disbursal of this equipment after the project is finished?
15. Attach a budget.
Honors and Achievements
Professor Tobin Marks, a world leader in organometallic chemistry, chemical catalysis, materials science, organic electronics, solar energy, photovoltaics and nanotechnology, received the 2012 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences.
Weinberg professor Kenneth Seeskin has won the National Jewish Book Award. The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, co-edited by Seeskin, received first place in the anthologies and collections category.
Mentions in the Media
The Life, Work of Poet Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska's longtime translator, Slavic languages and comparative literature professor Clare Cavanagh, speaks with PBS Newshour about the poet's life and work. Szymborska was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1996. pbs.org February 2, 2012 Full story
Fingerprints of a Monster Quake
How to plan for earthquakes if seismic activity wanders around the map? ... Northwestern University geophysicist Seth Stein argues that there won't be any future earthquakes at New Madrid. He has gathered GPS data that show no pressure developing in the Earth's surface there; hence, he argues, no energy is building for a convulsion. He believes mid-continent seismicity moves around, so that as the New Madrid zone "turns off," future quakes may happen elsewhere. washingtonpost.com January 10, 2012 Full story
