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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Dean, College of Science</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Utah State University</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">0305 Old Main Hill </span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Logan UT 84322-0305</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">435-797-8408</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><a href="mailto:maura.hagan@usu.edu" class="">maura.hagan@usu.edu</a></span></div>
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Participate in the 2018 Forums for New Leaders in Space Science<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:17.4pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class="">Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 14:26<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:17.4pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class="">The Space Studies Board of
<a href="http://www.nationalacademies.org/" target="_blank" class="">US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine</a> and the
<a href="http://english.nssc.cas.cn/" target="_blank" class="">National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences</a> are pleased to invite applications to participate in the 7th and 8th Forums for New Leaders in Space Science. The application
deadline is 14 July 2017.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
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<a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_086017" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#015597;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none" class=""><img border="0" width="768" height="210" id="m_7463241295474912213Picture_x0020_1" alt="Forums for New Leaders in Space Science" class="" apple-inline="yes" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.png@01D2FCAF.023E4F40"></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class="">The Forums, initiated in 2014, are designed to provide opportunities for a highly select group of young scientists to discuss their research activities in an
intimate and collegial environment at meetings to be held in China and the United States. The 7th and 8th Forums will be devoted to astronomy and astrophysics and solar and space physics and will be held on 23-24 January 2018 (in Guangzhou, China) and 12-13
July 2018 (in Pasadena, California). Both events will include focused presentations by young scientists, topical presentations by senior scientists, and group discussions. Participants will be selected by an International Program Committee.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class="">The travel and subsistence costs for participants based in the US will be paid by the National Academies using non-federal funds. Travel costs for China-based
participants will be paid by their own organizations. The local host will provide three nights of hotel accommodation.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:17.4pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class="">Applications must be received by
<s class="">14 July 2017</s>. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1f497d" class=""> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red" class="">Extended to 28 July
2017. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c" class=""><a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_086017" target="_blank" class="">Additional details and application procedures</a> are available
on the National Academies website.</span></p>
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