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26 May 2001 - 4 August 2001 A total of 18 students were selected to participate in the 2001 session of the Research Training Program including 3 international students representing Brazil, Canada, and Yugoslavia. Schedule
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Summary A total of 219 applications were received by the 2001 deadline of 1 February 2001. Pre-screening was conducted on-line using the RTP evaluation system. The Pre-screening Committee then met Friday, 2 February 2001 to finalize results. All application folders were reviewed, including incomplete folders. The committee nominated 165 semi-finalists (75%) for forwarding to Scientific Evaluators serving on the Scoring Committee. The Scoring Committee was composed of 16 members and 1 alternate from the NMNH scientific staff. There were eight review teams with two reviewers per team. Semi-finalists folders were divided randomly into seven review set of 20 or 21 folders per set. All reviews were conducted on-line beginning Monday, 5 February 2001. Each semi-finalist was scored by two different reviewers. Evaluators completed a 100 point scoring matrix for all application folders in their set. The top scoring applications were nominated as finalists. To equalize scoring, review sets were normalized. Fifty (50) finalists were identified and forwarded for final review by a panel of 7 judges. The Final Selection Committee was composed of seven members from the NMNH scientific community serving as Judges representing each of the seven natural history research departments (Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Geology/Mineral Sciences, Paleobiology, and Vertebrate Zoology). Each Judge reviewed and scored all finalists. A 100 point scoreing matrix was completed on-line to rank applications. Scores were normalized to equalize ranking. The Judges will nominate 20 student/mentor teams for participation in the 2001 summer session plus at least 6 alternates. Following is the list of 2001 Research Training Program finalists:
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