Professor Pietro Musumeci is receiving a 2009 Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award

Professor Pietro Musumeci is receiving a 2009 Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award. The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs by outstanding scientists early in their careers. Awards made under this program will help to maintain the vitality of high energy physics research and assure continued excellence in the teaching of physics. They give junior members of the high energy physics community direct control over research funds, to accommodate the specific needs of each researcher and to increase their independence and scope in formulating and pursuing their own research.
Awards are made for up to five years or until the award recipient receives tenure (or equivalent status at a national laboratory), whichever comes first.

For more information about this award please visit:
http://www.er.doe.gov/hep/hep_grants/oji_program_announcement.shtml