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Approved by Ramona Vogt, GHP Secretary/Treasurer</td>
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                                                          Topical Group
                                                          on Hadronic
                                                          Physics
                                                          solicits
                                                          nominations
                                                          for the
                                                          Dissertation
                                                          Award in
                                                          Hadronic
                                                          Physics</b><br class="">
                                                          Nomination
                                                          Deadline:
                                                          September 6,
                                                          2016<br class="">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          This award is
                                                          intended to
                                                          recognize a
                                                          Ph.D. in
                                                          hadronic
                                                          physics
                                                          obtained in
                                                          the last two
                                                          years. The
                                                          award consists
                                                          of $1,000 plus
                                                          an allowance
                                                          for travel to
                                                          the biennial
                                                          GHP Meeting
                                                          where the
                                                          award will be
                                                          presented. The
                                                          2017 award
                                                          will be
                                                          presented at
                                                          the 2017 GHP
                                                          Meeting, held
                                                          February 1 -
                                                          3, 2017 in
                                                          Washington,
                                                          D.C., directly
                                                          following the
                                                          APS April
                                                          Meeting and in
                                                          the same
                                                          hotel.<br class="">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          Nominations
                                                          are open to
                                                          any student
                                                          member of GHP
                                                          who has
                                                          received a
                                                          Ph.D. degree
                                                          in
                                                          experimental
                                                          or theoretical
                                                          hadronic
                                                          physics within
                                                          the two-year
                                                          period
                                                          preceding
                                                          September 6,
                                                          2016.
                                                          Nominations of
                                                          women and
                                                          members of
                                                          other
                                                          under-represented
                                                          groups are
                                                          encouraged.<br class="">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          The nomination
                                                          package should
                                                          include:
                                                          <ul class="">
                                                          <li class="">The name
                                                          and address of
                                                          the candidate</li>
                                                          <li class="">A
                                                          statement of
                                                          the
                                                          candidate's
                                                          contribution
                                                          to the
                                                          research</li>
                                                          <li class="">A letter
                                                          of support
                                                          from the
                                                          candidate's
                                                          Ph.D.
                                                          dissertation
                                                          advisor</li>
                                                          <li class="">Two
                                                          additional
                                                          letters of
                                                          support from
                                                          physicists
                                                          familiar with
                                                          the candidate
                                                          and the
                                                          research</li>
                                                          <li class="">A copy of
                                                          the
                                                          candidate's
                                                          dissertation</li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          The
                                                          nominations
                                                          will be
                                                          evaluated
                                                          based on the
                                                          quality of the
                                                          written
                                                          dissertation
                                                          (40%), the
                                                          contribution
                                                          of the student
                                                          to the
                                                          research
                                                          (30%), the
                                                          impact of the
                                                          work (15%),
                                                          and the
                                                          broader
                                                          involvement of
                                                          the student in
                                                          the community
                                                          (15%).<br class="">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          The
                                                          nominations
                                                          should be
                                                          sent,
                                                          preferably by
                                                          email, to the
                                                          Chair of the
                                                          Dissertation
                                                          Award
                                                          Committee:<br class="">
                                                          Raju
                                                          Venugopalan<br class="">
                                                          Physics
                                                          Department,
                                                          Brookhaven
                                                          National
                                                          Laboratory<br class="">
                                                          Upton, NY
                                                          11973<br class="">
                                                          Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:raju@bnl.gov" style="color:#004f74;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">raju@bnl.gov</a><br class="">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          The other
                                                          committee
                                                          members are
                                                          Silas Beane,
                                                          Volker Crede,
                                                          Anna Stasto,
                                                          and Xioachao
                                                          Zheng.</td>
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