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face="Roboto"><b><font size="4"> REMINDER -
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Researcher Program - DEADLINE April
30th, 2025.</font></b></font>
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<p><font face="Roboto">Application
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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, 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
Researchers; <br>
(2) U.S. Student Visits;<br>
(3) Long-Core (u-channel) Magnetometer
Visits;<br>
(4) Magnetic Microscopy Visits;<br>
(5) Remote Access Measurements.<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> April 30th 2025</b>
for visits during the period from <b>July
1st 2025 </b>through<b> December 23rd
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><a
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<p><font face="Roboto">Information about
required proposal documents are
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>Visitor Category
Overview (please read fully)<br>
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<p><font face="Roboto"><b>(1)
Visiting Researcher (10
days)<br>
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<p><font face="Roboto">These
awards provide access to the
full set of IRM instruments
for up to 10 days with no
usage fees and a 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" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html</a>.<u><br>
</u></font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto"><b>(2) U.S.
Student Visits (5 days)</b><br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Roboto">This
program provides financial and
instrumental support for
advanced <b><u>U.S.
undergraduates and MS
students </u></b>who seek
to acquire state-of-the-art
rock magnetic and/or
paleomagnetic data for an
individual research project.
PhD students are encouraged to
apply for a 10-day Visiting
Researcher visit. 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 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 reserchers 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 Visits</b><br>
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<p><font face="Roboto">For a usge
fee of $100 per day for a
maximum of 10 days, the IRMs
u-channel magnetometer system
is available for continuous
sediment analysis on time
senstive projects. The primary
aim of these visits is to make
u-channel measurements, but a
small number of complementary
rock magnetic measurements can
be requested.These data may be
used to explore the
feasibility of returning to
the IRM as a Visiting
Researcher with a targeted
rock magnetic study. 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 Visits </b></font><font
face="Roboto"><span
style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><font
color="#000000"><b>(10
days)<br>
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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 can
offer magnetic mircroscopy
visits. MFM offers spatial
resolutions of a few tens
of nanometers for
(sub)domain imaging over a
field of view of ~100
microns. The QDM is a
magnetic mapping method
and its resolution is not
spatial, but in its
sensitvity to the fields
induced during the
measurements. It offers a
field of view of 2 mm per
image, with limited
resolution optical
imaging, but with the
sensitivity to capture
magnetic field data from
magnetic particles to the
single domain level.
Please contact Maxwell
Brown at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:irm@umn.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">irm@umn.edu</a> prior
to designing and
submitting a research
project, so we can advise
of the feasibility of the
research project.</font></span></font><span></span></p>
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<p> <font face="Roboto"><b>(5)
Remote Access</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 for
measurements on <b><u>a small
suite of pilot samples</u></b>.
IRM staff will conduct
measurements on the
researchers 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
face="Roboto"><b><br>
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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"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">irm@umn.edu</a>
with any questions about the
fellowship programs.</font></p>
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