The goal of the Gemini Fellowship Program is to strengthen science and technology in South America by providing fellowships, for study and research at US institutions, to selected applicants from Argentina, Chile, and Brazil--the three Gemini partner countries. Each applicant must state how his/her research is related to the planned capabilities of the Gemini telescopes. The program is co-funded by NSF and, for Chilean awardees, by Fundacion Andes of Chile.
These individuals have accepted Gemini Fellowships for the 1996-97 academic year:
Graduate Students Host Mario Hamuy (Chile) University of Arizona Marianne Takamiya (Chile) University of Chicago Post-Doctoral Researcher Host Mercedes Gomez (Argentina) Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophys.
Selections were made following consideration by a US peer review panel convened by AURA. The panel reviewed applications submitted by the three (3) Gemini national contact offices in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile and took recommendations from those offices into account. A total of nine applications were received.
The Gemini Fellowship Review Panel was comprised of: Yoji Kondo, chair (NASA/GSFC); Jay Gallagher (Wisconsin); Edward Guinan (Villanova); Bradley Peterson (Ohio State); and Robert Williams (STScI). Please contact me for more information at e-mail address: lreams@stsci.edu.
Lorraine Reams