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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"><a
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<p><font face="Roboto">Information about required
proposal documents are available at </font><font
face="Roboto"><font face="Roboto"><font
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://cse.umn.edu/irm/applying-visit</a><b>.<br>
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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
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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
face="Roboto"><span
style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><font
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
href="mailto:irm@umn.edu"
target="_blank"
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with any questions about the
fellowship programs.</font></p>
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