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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Dear fellow MIT PostDocs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">The PDA is pleased to open the call for applications to the Fall 2013 Travel Grants, covering the period from 1<sup>st</sup> September 2013 to 1<sup>st</sup> of
January 2014. <b>The deadline</b> for online applications is October 1st 2013 and the grants will be announced by 15<sup>th</sup> October 2013.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">We encourage postdoc applicants from all disciplines to participate, as per the eligibility criteria specified below<b>:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Be a current MIT post-doc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Be presenting a talk or a poster at the conference
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Have not received a past travel grant award from the MIT PDA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Not be involved in any committees of the MIT PDA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Submit only a single application form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">All or a substantial part of the submitted work MUST have been carried out within MIT. In brief, the MIT PI should be within the list of authors.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">To apply, please fill out properly every sections of the
<b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gcFsYWLwUJBc6sE3WdsBYEvy8idm3cVrWKZZqNcB1pU/viewform">online application form:</a></b>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">The grants will be up to the amount of <span class="apple-converted-space">$</span>1000 for international travel and up to $600 for domestic.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Evaluation will be based exclusively on the scientific merits and originality of the submitted works and not the overall quality of applicants. Therefore, a compelling
description of the significance and impact of the presented project is particularly important.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Any conferences between the Grant announcement date and the 1st of September will be covered retrospectively, for successful contesters. Awardees will be reimbursed
upon submission of applicable receipts to the Treasurer of the PDA (travel, lodging, on site transportation, food).
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">The PDA Travel Grant Program is made possible through funding from the MIT Postdoctoral Association.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">The MIT PDA is funded in part by the Office of the MIT Vice President for Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">With KR,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Magdalini Papadaki (</span><a href="mailto:magdapap@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">magdapap@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Professional Development Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">MIT Postdoctoral Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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