Samuel Klempner '03 has been awarded research funding from Sigma-Xi, The Scientific Research Society through the Grants-in-Aid of Research Program in January 2003.
The grant will support Klempner's research project, "Investigation of the Morphogenesis of Ephemeral Aortic Arches in Chick Embryos with Special Attention to a Role for Apoptosis in Their Removal." Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller will supervise this student's research.
For over 75 years the Grants-in-Aid of Research Program, administered by Sigma Xi, has sought to foster original investigation in all areas of science and engineering. By providing small grants to young scientists, the program offers support and encouragement and is often an individual's first experience with writing a peer reviewed research proposal and obtaining external funding. The Committee on Grants-in-Aid of Research recently reviewed over 700 applications from all 50 states and 18 countries. Less than 25% of the applicants received full or partial funding.
Founded in 1886 as an honor society for scientists and engineers, Sigma Xi is today an independent, non- profit research society of more than 75,000 members, with a distinguished history of service to science and society. Sigma Xi has more than 500 chapters in North America and around the world-at colleges and universities, industrial research centers and government laboratories. The Grants-in-Aid of Research Program has been a tangible expression of the society's goals and has provided encouragement for many generations of scientists and engineers.
