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            size="+1">SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship – Call for
            Applications 2017</font><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          size="-1">From: Marianna Shepherd (mshepher[at]yorku.ca)</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">The
          submission of applications for the 2017 SCOSTEP Visiting
          Scholarship is now open.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">The
          SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program is a capacity building
          activity of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial
          Physics), which complements the current scientific program,
          VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact, </span><a
          href="http://www.varsiti.org/"><span
            style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">http://www.varsiti.org/</span></a><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">) and
          SCOSTEP’s public outreach activities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><font size="-1"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">The
          objective of the SVS program is to provide training to young
          scientists and graduate students from developing countries in
          well-established solar terrestrial physics institutes, for one
          to three months. The training will help the young scientists
          to advance their career in solar terrestrial physics using the
          technique/skill they learned during the training. SCOSTEP will
          provide the airfare, while the host institute will provide the
          living expenses (accommodation, sustenance, ground
          transportation, visa fees and other incidentals). Trainees
          should have their own health insurance or arrange a provision
          with the host institution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Interested
          candidates should contact one of the SVS program hosts listed
          at </span><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103"><span
            style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103</span></a><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> and work
          out the details of the visit. Once the applicant and the host
          agree on a visit, the applicant needs to prepare an
          application package including the following details of the
          visit: <u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">(i) work to
              be performed; (ii) applicant’s curriculum vitae, (iii)
              dates of the visit and an estimate of the airfare in
              economy class; (iv) letter from the applicant’s
              supervisor, and (v) a letter from the host
              scientist/institution</i></u><u>.</u> A single pdf file of
          the above materials should be sent to SCOSTEP’s Scientific
          Secretary, Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd (</span><a
          href="mailto:mshepher@yorku.ca"><span
            style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">mshepher[at]yorku.ca</span></a><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">)<b
            style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">. Deadline for
            applications: February 25, 2017.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
    <font size="-1"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">List of
          hosts: </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Leibniz
          Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAF</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">), Germany.<span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Contact: Dr. Franz-Josef
        Lübken – </span><a href="mailto:luebken@iap-kborn.de"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">luebken[at]iap-kborn.de; </span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;"> </span><a
        href="https://www.iap-kborn.de/1/home/"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">https://www.iap-kborn.de/1/home/</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">Center
          for International Collaborative Research</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">(CIRC), Institute for
          Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE)</i>, Nagoya
        University, Japan. Contact: Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa - </span><a
        href="mailto:shiokawa@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier
          New&quot;;color:#0070C0">shiokawa[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier
        New&quot;;color:#0070C0"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">;  </span></span><a
        href="http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/center01.html"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier
          New&quot;;color:#0070C0">http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/center01.html</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier
        New&quot;;color:#0070C0"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">National
          Institute of Polar Research (NiPR)</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">, Japan.
        Contact: Dr. Takuji Nakamura - </span><a
        href="mailto:nakamura.takuji@nipr.ac.jp"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">nakamura.takuji[at]nipr.ac.jp; </span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> </span><a
        href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">National
          Astronomical Observatories</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">, Chinese
        Academy of Sciences, China. Contact: Dr. Yihua Yan - </span><a
        href="mailto:yyh@nao.cas.cn"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">yyh[at]nao.cas.cn;</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> </span><a
        href="http://english.nao.cas.cn/"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">http://english.nao.cas.cn/</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">CAS Key
          Laboratory of Geospace Environment</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">,
        University of Science and Technology of China, China.<span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Contact: Dr. Yuming Wang -
      </span><a href="mailto:ymwang@ustc.edu.cn"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">ymwan[at]ustc.edu.cn</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">, Dr.
        Jiuhou Lei - </span><a href="mailto:leijh@ustc.edu.cn"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">leijh[at]ustc.edu.cn</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span><a
href="http://en.ess.ustc.edu.cn/about/labs/201107/t20110706_115544.html"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">;
          http://en.ess.ustc.edu.cn/about/labs/201107/t20110706_115544.html</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span>
      <br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">NASA
          Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">, USA.
        Contacts: Dr. Antti Pulkkinen - </span><a
        href="mailto:antti.a.pulkkinen@nasa.gov"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier
          New&quot;;color:#0070C0">antti.a.pulkkinen[at]nasa.gov</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">,<span
          style="color:#D9D9D9;
          mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:217"><span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span>Dr. Nat Gopalswamy
        –<span style="color:#D9D9D9;mso-themecolor:
          background1;mso-themeshade:217"> </span></span><a
        href="mailto:nat.gopalswamy@nasa.gov"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
          color:#0070C0">nat.gopalswamy[at]nasa.gov</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">,<span
          style="color:#D9D9D9;mso-themecolor:background1;
          mso-themeshade:217"> </span>Dr. Seiji Yashiro – </span><a
        href="mailto:seiji.yashiro@nasa.gov"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
          color:#0070C0">seiji.yashiro[at]nasa.gov</span></a><span
        class="MsoHyperlink"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier
          New&quot;;color:#0070C0"> ; </span></span><a
        href="https://www.nasa.gov/goddard"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
          color:#0070C0">https://www.nasa.gov/goddard</span></a><span
        class="MsoHyperlink"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier
          New&quot;;color:#D9D9D9;mso-themecolor:background1;
          mso-themeshade:217"> </span></span><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
        color:#D9D9D9;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:217"><o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">South
          African National Space Agency (SANSA)</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">, South
        Africa. Contact: Dr. Lee-Anne McKinnell - </span><a
        href="mailto:lmckinnell@sansa.org.za"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
          color:#0070C0">lmckinnell[at]sansa.org.za</span></a><span
        class="MsoHyperlink"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier
          New&quot;;color:#0070C0">; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="http://www.sansa.org.za/">http://www.sansa.org.za/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">ReSoLVE
          Centre of Excellence Research</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> Unit of
        Astronomy and Space Physics, Department of Physics, University
        of Oulu, Finland. Contact: Dr. Kalevi Mursula - </span><a
        href="mailto:Kalevi.Mursula@oulu.fi"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Kalevi.Mursula[at]oulu.fi;</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> </span><a
        href="http://www.spaceclimate.fi/resolve/"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;">http://www.spaceclimate.fi/resolve/</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Indian
          Institute of Geomagnetism</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">, Navi
        Mumbai, India. Contact: Prof. D. S. Ramesh, </span><a
        href="mailto:dsramesh@iigs.iigm.res.in"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier
          New&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">dsramesh[at]iigs.iigm.res.in</span></a><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier
        New&quot;; color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">
      </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"
        lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a
        href="http://iigm.res.in/"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">http://iigm.res.in/</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Predictive
          Science Inc.</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">, San
        Diego, USA. Contact: Pete Riley - </span><a
        href="mailto:pete@predsci.com"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">pete[at]predsci.com</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"><span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span><a
        href="http://www.predsci.com/portal/home.php"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">http://www.predsci.com/portal/home.php</span></a><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br>
      <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">Centre
          for Atmospheric Research, National Space Research and
          Development Agency,</span></i><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"> Anyigba,
        Nigeria. Contact: Prof. Babatunde Rabiu - </span><a
        href="mailto:tunderabiu2@gmail.com"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">tunderabiu2[at]gmail.com</span></a></font>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd, Adjunct Professor

Scientific Secretary
Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/">http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/</a>

c/o Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
Phone: +1 416 736 2100 ext. 33828
FAX: +1 416 736 5626
Mobile: +1 647 236 8382
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mshepher@yorku.ca">mshepher@yorku.ca</a>
        <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mshepherd1607@gmail.com">mshepherd1607@gmail.com</a></pre>
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