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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#222222">The 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship program recognizes early-career investigators of significant potential and provides them with the opportunity
to conduct novel research in solar system science, exoplanet science, and other closely related topics. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>solar system planetary scientists are strongly encouraged to apply</b>. Early-career investigators who use telescopes, spacecraft data, lab work, and/or modeling to study the planets, moons, and small bodies in the solar system are all eligible.<br>
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The Heising-Simons Foundation anticipates awarding six to eight fellowships this year. For more information about the fellowship and eligibility requirements, please visit:
<a href="https://www.hsfoundation.org/programs/science/51-pegasi-b-fellowship/">https://www.hsfoundation.org/programs/science/51-pegasi-b-fellowship/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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