Construction Innovation Forum Announces New Program for Scholars.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1998--The Construction Innovation Forum, Inc. (CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). ) has announced the creation of an innovative new program to benefit its members and those in the construction industry, as well as students and faculty. This program is called Construction Innovation Scholar Program (CISP CISP Cardholder Information Security Program (Visa) CISP Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli CISP Certified IRA Services Professional (American Bankers Association) ). It opens a new opportunity through which individuals and organizations can support construction innovation and university programs of their choice by providing full financial support for Construction Innovation Scholars to complete master's degrees master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. focused on construction and the built environment. Under the CISP, each Construction Innovation Scholar sponsor supports a scholar through a research grant to a professor in a university program selected by the sponsor. Sponsors can select an innovation topic of interest to them, and/or and/or conj. Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved. Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing. they may select a particular university to support. A typical sponsorship grant will be approximately $30,000 for three semesters of study. The CIF is seeking sponsors to fund this innovative educational program. Individuals and organizations interested in funding the CISP and university programs interested in recruiting sponsors should contact Amy Laidlaw at CIF for further information. Graduate students in any of the following areas of study are eligible to be Construction Innovation Scholars: engineering, management, technology, architecture, business administration and natural resources. During their tenure as Construction Innovation Scholars, students serve as half-time research assistants on construction innovation topics under the direction of their supervising professors. In addition, Construction Innovation Scholars are required to: -0-
-- Write an original paper on their construction topics to be
published by the CIF on the Internet and presented at the annual
Construction Innovation Scholar Seminar in conjunction with the
Construction Innovation Celebration.
-- Attend the annual Construction Innovation Celebration and
presentation of the NOVA Awards and participate in the NOVA Award
Mock Jury.
-- Identify, solicit, and obtain nomination of an innovation for the
NOVA Award and perform research on NOVA Award nominations as
directed by the CIF.
The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) is an international, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. formed in 1987 to recognize and encourage innovations that improve the quality, productivity, and cost-effectiveness cost-effectiveness pertaining to cost-effective. cost-effectiveness analysis a comparison of the relative cost-efficiencies of two or more ways of performing a task or achieving an objective. of construction. The CIF presents NOVA Awards The Nova Awards are presented annually at the UK science fiction covention Novacon and recognise achievement in British and Irish sf fanzines. When initiated in 1973, a panel of sf fans named the best fanzine that year. at the Construction Innovation Celebration each year to the world's most outstanding construction innovations. CONTACT: Construction Innovation Forum, Inc. Amy Laidlaw, 734/995-1855 Fax: 734/995-5002 info@cif.org |
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