Travel Grant to attend the World Congress of Chemical Engineering and 
ESCAPE, October 1-5, 2017.

We are very pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation, 
though their Program of Process Systems, Reaction Engineering and 
Molecular Thermodynamics of the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, 
Environmental and Transport Systems, has provided a travel grant for young 
professors, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows affiliated with 
Chemical Engineering departments in the United States in order to attend 
the World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE), October 1-5, 2017, in 
Barcelona, Spain. http://www.wcce10.com A brief description of this 
congress is attached to this email.

A maximum allowance of $2,000 for travel, accommodation and registration 
will be provided to successful applicants who are selected for this travel 
grant. Applicants should be either tenure track faculty age 40 years or 
less, or Ph.D. students or postdoctoral fellows in a U.S. chemical 
engineering department. In order to apply please send your application 
package to Ignacio Grossmann [log in to unmask] by **June 26, 2017**. The 
package will consist of the following:

1. Cover letter indicating status of applicant (faculty, graduate student 
or postdoctoral fellow) in corresponding chemical engineering department, 
and indicating whether an abstract has been submitted to the WCCE (title, 
and session or specialized symposium like ESCAPE, IPIC, ICOSSE) or not. It 
is not a requirement for applicants to have submitted abstracts, although 
preference will be given to those who have. Please also indicate if you 
have already registered. The applicant should also indicate the expected 
benefit he/she expects to obtain for attending the WCCE.

2. For faculty full CV with listing of publications; for graduate students 
resume with title of Ph.D. thesis and list of publications.

3. For Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows, letter of support from 
Ph.D./postdoc advisor.

We expect to select the winners shortly after the deadline of **June 26, 
2017**.

Ignacio Grossmann			Dion Vlachos
Carnegie Mellon University		University of Delaware