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The Universities Research Association is now accepting applications for the Tollestrup Award for Postdoctoral Research. The deadline for applying is April 2. Description Universities Research Association Inc. (URA) makes an award for outstanding work conducted by a postdoctoral researcher at Fermilab or in collaboration with Fermilab scientists. Alvin Tollestrup presents the award during the annual Users’ Meeting held at Fermilab in June. Eligibility All Ph.D. researchers in nontenure-track or nontenure-track-equivalent positions at Fermilab or URA member institutions, or at institutions…

Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) has announced a deadline of Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, for the submission of applications for the spring 2018 cycle of awards in the URA Visiting Scholars Program (VSP). Applications must be submitted on-line at the URA Visiting Scholars Program website. To register, please go to the VSP site: http://www.ura-hq.org/vsp/wp-login.php?action=register. Applicants will be asked to provide a username and email address; a registration confirmation and password will be sent to the email address submitted, providing access…

Fermilab and the Universities Research Association invite submissions for the 21st annual URA Thesis Award competition. Nominations must be submitted to Lenny Spiegel at lenny@fnal.gov by March 16, 2018 and should include two letters supporting the merits of the thesis being nominated. At least one letter should be from a member of the thesis committee of the PhD granting institution and, for work carried out in collaboration with Fermilab scientists, at least one of the letters should come from one of those…

A winning map

The Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes WMAP’s contributions to precision cosmology.