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<font face="Roboto"><b><font size="4">IRM Spring 2025
Visiting Fellowships - DEADLINE October 30th,
2024.</font></b></font>
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<p><font face="Roboto">Application information:</font><font
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<p><font face="Roboto">Application form: <a
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<p><font face="Roboto">The <b>Institute for Rock
Magnetism (IRM)</b> at the University of
Minnesota is one of 30 national multi-user
facilities in the Earth Sciences supported by the
US National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide
advanced infrastructure and expertise to the
geoscience research and education communities.
Research at the IRM ranges from fundamental
investigations of the physics of fine-particle
magnetism, to applied studies using the magnetic
characteristics of rocks, sediments, speleothems,
and other materials to investigate a wide variety
of geological, geophysical, planetary,
environmental, climate, and surficial Earth
processes.</font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto">We provide access and support
for visiting scientists in five categories, for
which we encourage you to apply: <br>
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<p><font face="Roboto">(1) Visiting Research
Fellowships; <br>
(2) U.S. Student Fellowships;<br>
(3) Long-Core (u-channel) Magnetometer
Fellowships;<br>
(4) Magnetic Microscopy Fellowships;<br>
(5) Remote Access Fellowships.<b><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>Applications</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto"> Applications and proposals are
due<b> October 30th 2024</b> for visits during the
period from <b>January 6th 2025 </b>through<b>
June 16th 2025</b>. Proposals will be reviewed
by IRM staff and members of our external Review
and Advisory Committee (RAC).</font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto">A link to the application form
can be found at </font><font face="Roboto"></font><font
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b></b>Information about
required proposal documents are available at </font><font
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>Fellowship Category Overview
(please read fully)<br>
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>(1) Visiting
Research Fellowships</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto">These awards provide
subsidized access to the full set of IRM
instruments for up to 10 days: a
Fellowship grant of $8000 may be used to
offset the costs of instrument use, and
for partial reimbursement of travel
costs (up to $750). Topics for research
are open to any field of study involving
fine particle magnetism, but preference
will be given to projects relating
magnetism to geological or environmental
studies, or to fundamental physical
studies relevant to the magnetism of
Earth materials.<b><u> Please make sure
that you have funding in hand to
cover costs above $750 before
applying and that for international
applicants, you are in possession of
(or can acquire) a valid Visa for
entry into the USA for the time
period of your visit.</u> </b>Please
note that US embassies in some countries
have very long wait times for visa
interviews and we would ask that you
double check your nearest US embassies
wait times at<a
href="https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html</a>.<u><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>(2) U.S. Student
Fellowships</b><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto">This program provides
financial and instrumental support for
advanced U.S. undergraduates and
graduate students who seek to acquire
state-of-the-art rock magnetic and/or
paleomagnetic data for an individual
research project. Special consideration
is given to students requiring data for
the completion of a senior thesis or
preliminary data for a proposal to
support continued graduate research.
Visiting Students spend up to five days
at the IRM and work closely with IRM
staff to: 1. Learn how to design and
conduct rock-magnetic experiments; 2.
Process and interpret the generated
data; and 3. Identify specific,
attainable research goals that can be
achieved with future magnetic
measurements. US Student Fellows are not
charged facility usage fees, and are
eligible for reimbursement of travel
costs up to a maximum of $500. </font><font
face="Roboto"><b><u>Please make sure
that you have funding in hand to
cover costs above $500 before
applying.</u></b></font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto"><b>(3) U-Channel
Fellowships</b><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto">The IRMs u-channel
magnetometer system is available for use
by visitors with continuous cores
(4.2-cm access diameter optimized for
standard u-channels) or discrete samples
for paleomagnetic and basic
rock-magnetic or environmental-magnetic
work. U-channel visitors may also
request access to a limited number of
additional instruments for a few days,
for more detailed rock magnetic analyses
on a small number of pilot samples.
These data may be used to explore the
feasibility of returning to the IRM as a
Visiting Fellow with a targeted rock
magnetic study. A usage fee of $100 per
day (ten-day maximum) covers unlimited
use of the u-channel system, training
and assistance with the equipment, and
(if desired) some help with data
interpretation and analysis. A fee
waiver may be granted in cases of
financial hardship, and proposals will
not be evaluated on the basis of ability
to pay.</font><font face="Roboto"><b><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>(4) Magnetic
Microscopy Fellowships</b></font><font
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<p><font face="Roboto"><span
style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><font
color="#000000">Observations of
micromagnetic structures in
individual grains or measuring
magnetic moments at high spatial
resolutions are useful for
understanding the origin of natural
magnetic memory and its stability
over geologic timescales. With the
installation of an Asylum Magnetic
Force Microscope (MFM) and Quantum
Diamond Microscope (QDM) we are
pleased to offer a new fellowship
category. MFM offers spatial
resolutions of a few tens of
nanometers for (sub)domain imaging,
whereas QDM offers a range of
resolutions from millimeters to tens
of micrometers for high-sensitivity
moment detection. </font></span></font><font
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color="#000000">This fellowship
offers specific access to, and
expertise on, using one or other of
these instruments.</font></span></font><span></span></p>
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<p> <font face="Roboto"><b>(5) Remote
Access Fellowships</b><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto">To give the Earth
Sciences community greater access to IRM
instrumentation, this fellowship allows
researchers to submit proposals designed
around IRM staff conducting measurements
on their behalf. The aim of fellowship
is to provide support to researchers
with limited resources, limited (or no
funding) or an inability to travel. </font><font
face="Roboto"><font face="Roboto">Preference
will be given to graduate students
coming towards the conclusion of their
studies and early career post-docs.</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto"><font face="Roboto">As
part of the application to the Remote
Access Fellowship, applicants should
provide a rationale for how the
fellowship would benefit their
research and help promote their
careers.</font></font><font
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>CONTACT</b></font><font
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<p><font face="Roboto">Feel free to contact
Maxwell Brown at <a
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with any questions about the fellowship
programs.</font></p>
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