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...California-based Packard Foundation has awarded grants of $500,000 each to Daniel J. Jacob and Cumrun Vafa for research in their respective specialties of atmospherics and theoretical physics. The Packard grants are the largest in the nation given exclusively to junior faculty in the sciences...
...Vafa said he plans to use his grant for studyin a specialized branch of physics called stringtheory, which attempts to explain the underlyingstructure of the universe...
Although the University will administer the money for Alesina, Xia and Vafa, each fellow has "pretty much complete freedom" in using the research funds, Professor of Astronomy and Physics William H. Press said yesterday...
...Vafa could not be reached for comment yesterday. His research concerns the "super string theory" in physics, which was developed to help provide a single equation for physicists to interpret the four basic forces that appear in nature...
...Vafa richly deserves the award because he is one of the leaders in his field at a young age," said Donner Professor of Science Sidney R. Coleman, who won the fellowship 28 years...