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    <p>Dear Colleagues</p>
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                    style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We
                    are proud to announce the 2018 JSA/HUGS
                    International Fellowship for Graduate Students in
                    Developing Countries supported by the JSA
                    Initiatives Fund </span><font class="" face="arial,
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                      href="http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFIndex.html"
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                    class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
                    sans-serif;">and US Department of Energy</span><span
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                    class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
                    sans-serif;">. This is the 4th edition of this
                    program and under this fellowship we will be able to
                    support the participation of up to two graduate
                    students from developing countries who are well into
                    their PhD dissertation research project to the 2018
                    Hampton University Graduate Summer (HUGS) program.</span></p>
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                    2018 is a summer school designed for experimental
                    and theoretical nuclear and particle physics
                    graduate students who have finished their coursework
                    and have at least one year of research experience in
                    these fields. The school will run in <span class=""
                      style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">June, 2018</span>.
                    Information on past editions of the school can be
                    found at </span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/hugs/"
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                    style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The
                    fellowship will fully cover travel expenses
                    (including international airfare), room, and board.
                    An additional visit of 1 or 2 weeks to Jefferson Lab
                    may be possible, depending on funding, to meet with
                    the laboratory researchers and users, and to
                    initiate or strengthen a research collaboration.
                    This visit will be discussed with the selected
                    candidates, and is subject to availability of funds.
                    For more information on Jefferson Lab research
                    program please visit <a href="http://www.jlab.org/"
                      class="" moz-do-not-send="true">www.jlab.org</a>.</span></p>
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                    apply and obtain further information, please visit
                    the webpage </span><font class="" face="arial,
                    helvetica, sans-serif"><a
                      href="http://epistemia.nucleares.unam.mx/web?name=JSAHUGS"
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                    style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Applications
                    received by <strong class=""><u class="">January 30,
                        2018</u></strong> will receive full
                    consideration. </span><span style="font-family:
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                    applicants will be notified of the results by </span><u
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                    JSA/HUGS Fellowship in Facebook </span><font
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                  text-align: justify;"><b class="">Our aim is to make
                    this fellowship available every year. Please help us
                    make this program a success by spreading the word to
                    interested students and advisers.</b></p>
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                <pre>This project is supported by the JSA Initiatives Fund Program, a commitment from the
JSA owners, SURA and PAE Applied Technologies. Initiatives Funds support programs, initiatives, and
activities that further the scientific outreach, promote the science, education and technology of the Jefferson Lab
and benefit the Lab’s extended user community in ways that complement the Lab’s basic and applied research
missions.</pre>
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                  text-align: justify;">Best regards</p>
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                  text-align: justify;">Cesar Fernandez-Ramirez
                  (Fellowship Manager) and Alberto Accardi (School
                  Director)</p>
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