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The Claude C. Laval Jr. Award - for Innovative Technology & Research
Monies up to $5,000 for 2009
Application Deadline Extended to: March 16, 2009 (5 p.m.)
FRESNO, Calif. -- In 1984 the University established an award in honor of Mr. Claude C. Laval Jr., a long-time resident of Fresno and a productive inventor. The award has supported the development of innovative technology and related research at California State University, Fresno.
Funding for the award is provided by an annual gift to the university from Mr. and Mrs. Claude C. Laval III.
The competition is open to all full-time, tenured, or probationary members of the faculty; to tenured faculty participating in the Faculty Early Retirement Program who teach on a half-time basis; and to full-time undergraduate and graduate students of the university with the sponsorship of a faculty member who is eligible for the competition.
Applicants must be in continuing employment by, or enrollment at, the university during the grant year. Teams of two or more persons may apply jointly, but all must be eligible under these terms. Applicants with previously unfunded proposals may submit proposals for this award.
Criteria: Applications will be evaluated for creativity, innovation, practical application and general merit.
Application Deadline Extended: March 16, 2009 (5 p.m.)
For more information, contact Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 278-0840.