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class="Apple-style-span">Dear Colleague,</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">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 2017-2020 Pappalardo
Fellowships competition.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">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, 2017.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Candidates are
nominated using the online form located at:</div>
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href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""
target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html</a><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><b class=""><span
style="color: #831100;">The nomination deadline is Friday,
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016.</span></b></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Please note:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">(1) Candidates for
the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships competition must be nominated by a
faculty member or senior researcher within physics, astronomy or
related fields; self-nominations cannot be accepted.</div>
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<div class="">(2) A letter of reference is <b class="">not </b>submitted
along with the online nomination form on the MIT physics
department's web site.</div>
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<div class="">Rather, your nominee will submit your name and contact
information to <a href="http://academicjobsonline.org/" class=""
target="_blank">academicjobsonline.org</a> (AJO). AJO will then
email you directly with instructions on how to upload your letter
to its secure web locker for the 2017-2020 MIT Pappalardo
Fellowships referee letters.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">(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 by the Committee under
exceptional circumstances.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">For additional
details on the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships, please visit the
program’s web page at:</div>
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href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/index.html"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; " class=""
target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/index.html</a><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Thank you for your
participation in the 2017-2020 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in
Physics competition.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Sincerely,</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Professor Janet
Conrad, Chair</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">MIT Pappalardo
Fellowships Executive Committee</div>
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