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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">The Executive
Committee of the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics
invites faculty and senior researchers within physics,
astronomy or related fields to submit nominations for the
2016-2019 Pappalardo Fellowships competition.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">Nominees must
be young women or men of exceptional ability who currently
have or will have received a doctoral degree in physics,
astronomy or related fields by September 1, 2016.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font size="4"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Candidates are
nominated using the online form located at:</font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font size="4"><b><a
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href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html</a></font></a></b><font
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font size="4"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The nomination
deadline is Monday, SEPTEMBER 14, 2015.</font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial"><b>Please
note:</b><o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">(1)
Candidates for the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships competition
cannot self-nominate. To qualify, candidates must be
nominated by a faculty member or senior researcher within
physics, astronomy or related fields.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">(2) Please do <b>not </b>submit
your letter of reference when filling out the online
nomination form on the MIT Physics web site. </font><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Instead, your
nominee will give your contact information to </span><i
style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><a
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href="http://academicjobsonline.org">academicjobsonline.org</a> (AJO).
AJO </i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">will
then</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size:
large;"> email you with instructions for uploading your
letter to its confidential web site for the 2016-2019 MIT
Pappalardo Fellowships competition.</span></div>
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class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">(3) Current
MIT graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, or those
who have already received an offer for a postdoctoral
position from an MIT faculty member, will only be considered
under exceptional circumstances.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">For
additional details on the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships, please
visit the program’s web page at:<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/index.html"
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class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/index.html">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/index.html</a></font></a><font
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">Thank you for
your participation in the 2016-2019 MIT Pappalardo
Fellowships in Physics competition.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Arial">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <font size="4"
face="Arial">Professor Janet Conrad, Chair</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font size="4"
face="Arial">MIT Pappalardo Fellowships Executive Committee</font></div>
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