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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;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px">Dear Colleagues,</div><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;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><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;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px">

<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-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="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-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="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;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">. 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="color:rgb(17,85,204);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-il" style="font-size:12.8px">data</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">stewardship</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">through their (1) engagement with the community, (2) academic achievements, and (3) innovations.</span><br></div><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;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-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="font-weight:400;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;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The winner will be presented with their<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><span class="gmail-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-il">Data</span> Week</b></a>, 5–8 November in Gaborone, Botswana)—alongside the 2017<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><span class="gmail-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="font-weight:400;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;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400"><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 attached form (Word and PDF provided)—see notes below—and send it to the<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">WDS</span><span> </span>International Programme Office<span> </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-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing: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-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ipo@icsu-<span class="gmail-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-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing: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;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing: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></div><div style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We also encourage you to disseminate this information far-and-wide.</span></div><div style="font-weight:400;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;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400;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;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Best wishes</div><div style="font-weight:400;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;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Mustapha</div><div style="font-weight:400;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;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font color="#ff0000">Notes:</font></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#ff0000">1. Please adhere to the eligibility requirements when making nominations.</font></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;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>

<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, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br></font></div><div><a href="mailto:mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">  | </span><a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=email" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.icsu-wds.org</a></div><div><br></div><br></div><br><br><br><br><br><br></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></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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