Nomination Process
Instructions to Offices of Presidents, Chancellors, and ORAU Representatives
To submit an applicant from your institution for selection to the U.S. delegation to the 60th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students, please complete the process as described below. All applications are to be submitted electronically by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2009.
There are five pathways for nominations:
- Department of Energy (DOE): For students who meet the general eligibility criteria and who are sponsored by and/or working on a project, grant, or fellowship sponsored by the U.S. DOE Office of Science (DOE-SC).
- National Science Foundation (NSF): For students who meet the general eligibility criteria and who are sponsored by and/or working on a project, grant, or fellowship sponsored by the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF-MPS).
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): For students who meet the general eligibility criteria and who are sponsored by and/or working on a project, grant, or fellowship sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, an institute of the NIH (NIH-NIGMS).
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU): For students who meet the general eligibility criteria and are attending ORAU member institutions.
- Mars, Inc.: For students who meet the general eligibility criteria regardless of funding source.
A university may use any or all pathways. However, only one nomination can be submitted for a given pathway from each university.
Nominations for DOE-SC, NSF-MPS, and NIH-NIGMS should be processed and uploaded by a President, Chancellor, or an authorized designee of the President or Chancellor.
Nominations for ORAU should be processed and uploaded by the university’s ORAU Representative or designee.
Nominations for Mars, Inc. should be processed by a research mentor/advisor.
A completed application consists of:
- a completed nomination form
- a one-page personal resume of the applicant
- a one page letter of reference from the applicant’s advisor and
- an essay of no more than one page written by the applicant describing why participation in the Lindau meeting is important for the applicant’s graduate education.
All components of the application MUST be merged into a single PDF file for upload to the online nomination application. The PDF file cannot be larger than 10 MB.
