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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dear Colleagues,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div>

<span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Call for Nominations for the 2018 <span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il">World Data System (WDS)</span> <span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Data</span> <span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Stewardship</span> <span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Awar<wbr>d</span> is now open</b><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">This</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/community/data-stewardship-award/wds-data-stewardship-award" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">annual prize</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">celebrates the exceptional contributions of Early Career Researchers to the improvement of scientific</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">data</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">stewardship</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">th<wbr>rough their (1) engagement with the community, (2) academic achievements, and (3) innovations.</span><div style="font-size:small;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-m_-2688379920053249271gmail-m_1176928381870567311gmail-m_-9129355595767941293m_7364436771378886998gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><div style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The winner will be presented with their<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il" style="font-weight:400">Award</span><span style="font-weight:400"> </span>and a prize in plenary at<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">SciDataCon 2018</a> (part of<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b>International <span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Data</span> Week</b></a>, 5–8 November in Gaborone, Botswana)—alongside the 2017<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il" style="font-weight:400">Award</span><span style="font-weight:400"> </span>winner,<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/linhuan-wu-wins-2017-wds-data-stewardship-award" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:400">Linhuan Wu</a>—with their attendance covered by WDS.</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">If you know of an early career researcher who deserves to have their accomplishments recognized and highlighted to the international community, then please be sure to complete the nomination form (<a href="https://goo.gl/kizXBA" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Word</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://goo.gl/PWcSsi" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">PDF</a>)—see notes below—and send it to the</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">WDS</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">International Programme Office</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">(</span><a href="mailto:ipo@icsu-wds.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ipo@icsu-<span class="gmail-m_-6239239853134046557gmail-il">wds</span>.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">) </span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">no later than 23:59 UTC on Monday, 21 May 2018</b><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We also encourage you to disseminate this information far-and-wide.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">PDF nomination form: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://goo.gl/PWcSsi" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://goo.gl/PWcSsi</a></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">MS Word nomination form: <span> </span><a href="https://goo.gl/kizXBA" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://goo.gl/kizXBA</a><span> </span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Best wishes</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Mustapha</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font color="#ff0000">Notes:</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font color="#ff0000">1. Please adhere to the eligibility requirements when making nominations.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font color="#ff0000">2. Previously nominated candidates may be re-nominated if they are still eligible. </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><div><div style="font-size:small">--</div><div style="font-size:small">SciDataCon 2018—part of International Data Week:<br></div><div style="font-size:small"><font color="#ff0000"><b>Now accepting submission for paper </b></font><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">abstracts </b><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">and poster !</b><br><a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit</a> </div></div><div style="font-size:small">--</div><div style="font-size:small"><img src="https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/icsu-wds.org/images/logo.gif" width="200" height="82" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:x-small"><b>Mustapha Mokrane</b>, PhD. | </font><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Executive Director</span><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">World Data System-</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">International Programme Office</span></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/WVic9jwK84E2" target="_blank">c/o NICT Europe Centre, 28 rue de Berri, 75008 Paris, France</a></font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Mob: +33 6 1201 2912  </span><span style="font-size:x-small">ORCID ID: </span><font size="1">0000-0002-0925-7983</font><font face="arial,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