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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">2018
SCOSTEP Award Nominations – February 28, 2018 </span></b><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">This
is reminder about the call for nominations for the 2018 SCOSTEP
Awards for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Distinguished
Science</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Distinguished
Young Scientist</i>. The
deadline for submission of Award Nominations is <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">February 28, 2018</b>. There is only one <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">month</span> left for the submission of Award
nominations<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">The
<i>SCOSTEP Distinguished Science Award <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i>is
given to recognize an outstanding contribution of a scientist to
solar-terrestrial physics. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">The <i>Distinguished Young Scientist
Award <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">is given to
young scientists who have
achieved considerable success in solar-terrestrial physics and
have taken an
active part in SCOSTEP-related activities. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">The
SCOSTEP awards are given biennially. The first <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Distinguished</i> <i>Science Award </i>and the first <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Distinguished<span
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> Young Scientist Award </span></i>were given in 2014.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">The
Award Statute and Procedure are placed on the SCOSTEP web site
section “Awards”
(</span><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=1356"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=1356</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">). </span><br>
<br>
<font size="-1"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode
MS",sans-serif">Award
nomination packages (nomination letter and nominee’s curriculum
vitae) for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Distinguished</i>
<i>Science </i>and <i>Young
Scientist Awards </i>should be submitted to the SCOSTEP
secretariat (mshepher[at]yorku.ca)
by deadline, as a single pdf file. The currently serving SCOSTEP
Executive
Officers and Bureau Members are not eligible for nomination. The
award decision
will be made by the SCOSTEP Awards Committee (SAC) and
communicated to the
Bureau after considering submissions.</span></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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