<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"
align="center"><img id="Picture_x0020_2"
src="cid:part1.07070804.06070506@jlab.org" height="65"
width="64"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><img id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:part2.06040301.09040509@jlab.org" height="39"
width="139"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"
align="center"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"
align="center"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">February 11, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">The National Science
Foundation (NSF) and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
are pleased to announce that they will sponsor a maximum of 20
young researchers to attend the 2<sup>nd</sup> annual Heidelberg
Laureate Forum in Heidelberg, Germany, from September 21 through
26, 2014. NSF and ORAU invite your institution to nominate
graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to be members of
the U.S. Delegation to this prestigious meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">The first Heidelberg
Laureate Forum (HLF) was held in 2013 bringing together winners
of the Fields Medal, Abel Prize, Turing Award, and Rolf
Nevanlinna Prize with young researchers in Heidelberg, Germany
on the campus of the University of Heidelberg. It is anticipated
that about 200 young researchers from around the world will
attend the weeklong meeting in 2014. There are formal lectures
in the morning, and the remainder of the day is set aside for
the young researchers to meet informally with the Laureate
scientists, as well as with their peers from around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">U.S. delegation
members will receive all business-related expenses to attend the
HLF along with some additional benefits. We are seeking
applicants from U.S. institutions and meet the criteria set
forth by ORAU and HLF. We are especially interested in receiving
nominations from a diverse group of students, including women,
minorities and people with disabilities. Specific eligibility
criteria and a nomination form may be found on our web site: </span><a
href="http://www.orau.org/hlf"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">http://www.orau.org/hlf</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">. All applicants to
the U.S. delegation must also apply to attend to the HLF
Foundation at </span><a
href="http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/call-for-application"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/call-for-application</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">All nominations must
be submitted before Monday, March 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm, Eastern
Time. We know this is a short time period but the HLF has a
hard deadline for the completion of all nominations. Further
information about the program, including the Web site for
submission of nominations, can be found online at </span><a
href="http://www.orau.org/hlf"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">http://www.orau.org/hlf</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">.<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">If you have any
questions or need further information, please use the contact
information below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">Samuel
Held
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">ORAU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:hlf2014@orau.org">hlf2014@orau.org</a><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">865-576-8223 office</span>
</body>
</html>