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</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Flores, Leslie I." <<a href="mailto:leslie.flores@thermofisher.com">leslie.flores@thermofisher.com</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date:
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is pleased to announce the continuation of the Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Program to help provide educational
opportunities for future generations of scientists. In addition to investing in the world’s future scientific endeavors, Thermo Fisher Scientific prides itself on our eco-friendly operations and products, along with working with customers, industry, and the
scientific community to advance environmental management and science. If you could please pass the following information along to your students, and post it on your website(s), it would be greatly appreciated. On our website, we have posted<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.piercenet.com/files/1602718_AcademicScholarship_Spring2014.1.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; ">flier
1</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.piercenet.com/files/1602720_AcademicScholarship_Spring2014.2.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; ">flier
2</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for your use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Program for the Fall 201</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">4<span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>semester
includes two (2) $10,000 scholarships and four (4) $5,000 scholarships, to be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students with a declared major of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a related life-science field. To qualify for the scholarship, students
must have a GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) and be enrolled in an accredited college for university for the Fall 201</span>4<span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>semester. In addition to these qualifications, students must also
be legal United States residents, meaning that students possessing appropriate Visa status in order to study in the United States are also eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Students may apply for the scholarship through the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.pierce-antibodies.com/PierceScholarship/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; ">Thermo
Scientific Pierce Scholarship Website</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">. Applications will be accepted until<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2:59:59<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); ">p.m.
CT on</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">August 1, 2014<span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); ">. Each application will be reviewed and evaluated by a scholarship committee and announced to the chosen recipients by August 1</span>4<span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); ">,
201</span>4<span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); ">. We strongly encourage all students that meet the scholarship award criteria to apply for this great scholarship! All questions regarding the scholarship may be directed to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:piercescholarship@thermofisher.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; ">piercescholarship@thermofisher.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thanks and best regards,</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Leslie Flores</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Scholarship Coordinator</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Program<br>
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Thermo Fisher Scientific<br>
PO Box 117<br>
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Tel: 815-968-0747 x388</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Fax: 815-968-8148<br>
<a href="mailto:piercescholarship@thermofisher.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">piercescholarship@thermofisher.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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