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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is a reminder that nominations for the CEDAR 2026 Prizes, Distinguished Lectures,
and Science Highlights are now open.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This year, the CSSC is also introducing a new
<b>Early Career Prize Lecture</b>, which will recognize recent outstanding scientific contributions of importance to the CEDAR community by early-career scientists (within five years of graduation).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">All nomination criteria and submission forms are available at the following link:
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><u><a href="https://cedarscience.org/nominate" title="https://cedarscience.org/nominate" data-outlook-id="55a2d4ab-d75b-4e97-8852-2348aaf69b0b" data-ogsc="" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://cedarscience.org/nominate</a></u></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We encourage you to take this opportunity to highlight the exceptional work within our
community. <b>Nominations will remain open until March 16th.</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you, and please feel free to contact us with any questions.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Warm regards,</span></p>
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Bea Gallardo-Lacourt and Nathaniel Frissell on behalf of the CSSC </span></p>
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