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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear MIT Postdoc community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The MIT PDA is pleased to announce that we will begin accepting applications for the fall travel awards. With funding from the PDA and the
</span>Office of the Vice President for Research<span style="color:black">, a small number of travel awards are now available to support postdocs who will be attending professional meetings between
<b>November 1<sup>st </sup>2012 – February 28<sup>th</sup> 2013.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Note: All postdocs attending meetings after March 1<sup>st</sup> must wait until the next funding cycle to submit an application.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The application form can be accessed through the following link
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PCQYTKX">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PCQYTKX</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Eligibility and application instructions are included with this email.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The application deadline is <b>Friday, November 2<sup>nd</sup> 2012</b>. Only applications received through the online system will be considered. Those attending conferences the first week of November are also
encouraged to apply, and will be reimbursed retroactively for their meetings. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Awards will be announced in early November, good luck from all of us at the PDA!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Erika Bechtold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Chair of the Professional Development Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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