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<p class=MsoPlainText>FROM: Professor Maria T. Zuber<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>DATE: April 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>SUBJECT: MIT Global Habitat Longevity Award<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary
Sciences is pleased to announce the MIT Global Habitat Longevity Award.
Established through the generosity of alumnus Frederick Middleton '71, the
award is intended to recognize research that enhances the scientific
understanding underlying the long-term trends affecting the evolution of the
Earth’s environment and its habitat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The award is open to any member of the MIT
community–faculty, graduate or undergraduate student, or
researcher–in any department, laboratory or center. The criterion for
selection will be a specific scientific work, evidenced by a publication,
thesis, or class project, that has made an important contribution to the scientific
understanding of trends, phenomena, principles, and/ or impact of natural or
man-made phenomena on the long term evolution and health of the habitat and
environment of the planet Earth. The $38,000 award shall be given as research
support, graduate student tuition and/or stipend, undergraduate research
stipend, support to present the work at a scientific meeting, and/or support
for other educational purposes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Nominations should consist of a copy of the paper,
thesis, or project and a cover letter that briefly (maximum 500 words)
summarizes the importance of the work. Nominations should be sent to:
Selection Committee, MIT Global Habitat Longevity Award, 54-918, MIT or
e-mailed to Jacqui Taylor at <a href="mailto:jtaylor@mit.edu">jtaylor@mit.edu</a>.
Questions can be directed to me at <a href="mailto:mtz@mit.edu">mtz@mit.edu</a>.
The application deadline is Friday, May 21, 2010.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Maria T. Zuber<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>*************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Maria T. Zuber<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Head of the Department &<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>54-918<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Phone: (617) 253-0149<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Fax: (617) 253-7651<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>e-mail: <a href="mailto:mtz@mit.edu">mtz@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://web.mit.edu/eaps">http://web.mit.edu/eaps</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Not all those who wander are lost.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-- J.R.R. Tolkien<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>*************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
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