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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Nomination Deadline for the "Gary <span class="gmail-il">McCartor</span> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<p><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Fellowship <span class="gmail-il">Award</span>": January 15, 2020</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monaco",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Gary McCartor Fund, honoring Gary's scientific and professional leadership, was established in 2008 owing to a generous donation by Gary's wife, Sheila McCartor, and donations
by Gary's personal friends and colleagues. The fund continues to support young scientists due to regular support from these friends and colleagues as well as from the many institutions sponsoring Light Cone meetings.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Gary was particularly keen to see that young researchers had opportunities to participate in forefront research in our field. Accordingly, ILCAC plans to award a young researcher(s)
who works in the field defined by the mission statement (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ilcacinc.org_mission.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=Ez6DLFGMs0-aHv3F-q13QHHllcFkj2ccws5W_5Lh0Jw&m=18LTLa3aFktpXhKEC6Kkp2-94xBL1ZGpjCs7nzgXMxw&s=_4xFs6YSKPDetCNGrxetnxG8uWMvYyfC1x2rfbD-Wj0&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.ilcacinc.org/mission.html</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
<span style="color:black">of ILCAC and detailed in the White Paper </span>(</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ilcacinc.org_ILCAC-2DWP-2DFINAL.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=Ez6DLFGMs0-aHv3F-q13QHHllcFkj2ccws5W_5Lh0Jw&m=18LTLa3aFktpXhKEC6Kkp2-94xBL1ZGpjCs7nzgXMxw&s=EflDH-nYwNaiDqM_OG-EW4r5Ejgl6Rq3gSb_V7ySVkw&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.ilcacinc.org/ILCAC-WP-FINAL.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">),
<span style="color:black">with a travel award of up to $2000 to attend Light Cone 2020 at Jeju Island in Korea. The conference fee will also be waived for the awardee. Due to the limited funds available, the ILCAC Board has decided to limit the number of awards
up to a maximum of three per year, taking into consideration the actual travel and local costs of the awardees. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">It is our pleasure to invite you to nominate a young researcher for the "Gary McCartor Fellowship Award". An announcement of the recipient of the award will be made by ILCAC. Please
send your email nominations (limited to 1200 words) to us before January 15, 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best Regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chueng Ji (Chair) [email:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:crji@ncsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">crji@ncsu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">]</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Wayne Polyzou (Vice Chair) [email: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:polyzou@uiowa.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">polyzou@uiowa.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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