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Laval Award raises $5,000 for academic year

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Applications are being sought for the Claude C. Laval Jr. Award for Innovative Technology and Research Monies up to $5,000 for the 2001-02 Academic Year

In 1984 the university established an award in honor of Claude C. Laval Jr., a long-time resident of Fresno and a productive inventor.

Funding for the award is provided by an annual gift to the university from Mr. and Mrs. Claude C. Laval III.

The competition is open to all full-time, tenured or probationary members of the faculty; to tenured faculty participating in the Faculty Early Retirement Program who teach on a half-time basis; and to full-time undergraduate and graduate students of the university with the sponsorship of a faculty member who is eligible for the competition.

Criteria: Applications will be evaluated for creativity, innovation, practical application and general merit.

The deadline for applications is 5 p.m., Nov. 16, 2001.

For information call ext. 8-0840.

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