Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller served on a panel to evaluate and award Grants-in-Aid of Research through the program of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society. She recently completed a 6-year term as chair of the Committee, and she continues as a member of the committee that meets twice a year at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina to evaluate and recommend awards. The purpose of the program is to recognize and encourage scientific research by student scientists.
The committee evaluates an average of 2,000 proposals each year from undergraduate and graduate students in subdivisions of biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, physics and psychology in addition to anthropology, astronomy, computer science and ophthalmology. A portion of membership dues fund an endowment that also includes some restricted funds that are directed at particular disciplines. Awards are made primarily on the quality of the science that is proposed. The pool is international and very competitive. Sigma Xi has been making grants-in-aid awards for more than 80 years through this program that is one of the oldest and largest of its kind.
The committee evaluates an average of 2,000 proposals each year from undergraduate and graduate students in subdivisions of biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, physics and psychology in addition to anthropology, astronomy, computer science and ophthalmology. A portion of membership dues fund an endowment that also includes some restricted funds that are directed at particular disciplines. Awards are made primarily on the quality of the science that is proposed. The pool is international and very competitive. Sigma Xi has been making grants-in-aid awards for more than 80 years through this program that is one of the oldest and largest of its kind.
