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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" 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
2021-2024 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics competition.</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Nominees should be young physicists of exceptional ability at the beginning of their careers, who currently have or will have received a doctoral degree in physics, astronomy or related
fields by September 1, 2021.</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Candidates are nominated using the online form located at:</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__web.mit.edu_physics_research_pappalardo_competition.html-23nominations&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=TI1-uR1CNrL-lIqQDSyKdw&m=AD8lbT5pIkc59TlFPSXbhwA98GMWG6RnSTJJtJ2D_6g&s=68-I2H44CK9u7THqpMvJ_I8tS5Op3RDZwc196AqbHR8&e=" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html#nominations</font></a></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class=""><b class=""><font color="#831100" class="">The nomination deadline is Friday, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020.</font></b></font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Please note:</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">(1) Your letter of reference for your nominee is <b class="">not </b>required at the time you submit the online nomination form.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">Instead, your nominee will submit your name and contact information to <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__academicjobsonline.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=TI1-uR1CNrL-lIqQDSyKdw&m=AD8lbT5pIkc59TlFPSXbhwA98GMWG6RnSTJJtJ2D_6g&s=6rEUjR9DCoA3Y3oNwbbPdLKHfedMJVTOpP1Al-SZ4V4&e=" class="">academicjobsonline.org</a> (AJO),
where the competition is hosted online.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">AJO will then email you directly with instructions for uploading your letter to its secure web locker designated for referees.</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">(2) 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.</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">(3) Interested candidates cannot self-nominate; nomination by a faculty or senior researcher is required.</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Further details on this year's competition are available at: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__web.mit.edu_physics_research_pappalardo_competition.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=TI1-uR1CNrL-lIqQDSyKdw&m=AD8lbT5pIkc59TlFPSXbhwA98GMWG6RnSTJJtJ2D_6g&s=2uoQCRChgRQhPMe90mElz_rQlB5LtDHTqt-VJyhzkHQ&e=" class="">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/pappalardo/competition.html</a></font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Thank you for your participation in the 2021-2024 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics competition. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the program's administrator,
Ms. Carol Breen, at <a href="mailto:breen@mit.edu" class="">breen@mit.edu</a>.</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Sincerely,</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" class="">Professor Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics</font></div>
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