J. Evans Attwell-Welch Post-Doctoral Fellowship
We are
announcing the competition for a J. Evans Attwell-Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship. This is a two-year fellowship to work with
faculty in the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and
Technology, encompassing the School
of Engineering, the Wiess
School of Natural Sciences, the Jones School of Management through the Rice
Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, and the James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy. Candidates for
this competitively-awarded fellowship must submit a research proposal (three
pages maximum), and a letter of support for the candidate and endorsement of
the proposed research from a Rice
University faculty member
in the Smalley Institute. Applicants
must submit a resume and three letters of recommendation and must have received
a Ph. D. within the past three years.
Fellowship Application - Due May 2008
This fellowship program was established in
June of 1998 by the Welch Foundation in honor of J. Evans Attwell, whose
leadership with both Rice
University and the Robert
A. Welch Foundation is most highly regarded.
Over the last two decades, J. Evans Attwell helped Rice University
choose a president, grapple with the impact of athletics on campus, and steer a
course for the 21st century.
Attwell earned a bachelor of arts from Rice in 1953 and served on the
Board of Governors for the University from 1982 to 1996. J. Evans Attwell is a member of the William
Marsh Rice Society and was a major individual donor during Rice’s
record-breaking 1989-90 private-giving campaign. Attendance at Rice is something of a family
tradition for Attwell, who’s had four cousins, two uncles, and an aunt graduate
from the University. Attwell served as a
vice chair of the University’s Baker Institute for Public Leadership Committee served
on the Rice University Fund Council and is a
contributing life member of Rice Associates.
After earning his bachelor’s degree at Rice,
J. Evans Attwell received his law degree from the University of Texas. He served as managing partner of Vinson and
Elkins from 1981 to 1991. The law firm
has a 10-year term limit for its managing partner under a rule that was written
by Attwell himself. He is a Fellow of
the Texas and
American Bar Foundations and a member of the American Law Institute.
The J.
Evans Attwell fellowship is supported by an endowment, established from both Rice University
and Welch Foundation funds, which is sufficient to make the award attractive to
the best young Ph.D. recipients in nanoscience and nanoengineering-related
fields. The goal is to attract and
retain leading nanoscientists, thus further augmenting the level of basic
scientific research in chemistry and allied fields, not only for RiceUniversity,
but also for the State of Texas.
Rice University is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.