Open AccessFirst Scholarship at AGU Established by David E. Lumley
Author(s) -
Tahar Joanna G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo360006
Subject(s) - scholarship , theme (computing) , work (physics) , political science , energy (signal processing) , sociology , library science , media studies , engineering , law , computer science , physics , world wide web , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics
Shortly after AGU launched its annual voluntary contribution campaign last year— the theme was “Building Tomorrow's Talent Today”—the Union's development office received an e‐mail message from David E. Lumley about establishing a scholarship for a high‐school student or undergraduate. Many scientific societies and associations have quite a few named scholarships, but for AGU this was a new concept. Lumley was sure of what he wanted to do and even more excited when he learned that his scholarship would be a first for AGU. “I want to help inspire today's young minds to work on problems of global importance in both the energy and environment sectors of industry and academia,” Lumley said. Recipients of the David E. Lumley Young Scientist Scholarship for Energy and Environmental Science will be expected to present a paper and to participate in various student activities at Fall Meeting. “Meeting some of the ‘giants’ of geoscience and getting their feedback on research is a big deal for these young students. We sometimes lose sight of this,” he said.