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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dear Postdocs,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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<span style="background:white">The MIT PDA is pleased to announce the recipients for the <b>Summer 2014 Travel Awards</b>. Out of the 92 applications, the evaluation team from the PDA professional development committee has selected seven outstanding applicants
as recipients of the award, based exclusively on the scientific merits and originality of the submitted works.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">The four awardees of the <b>Summer 2014 Travel Grants for domestic conferences</b> are:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Oliver Bruns,</b> Department of Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Peng Bai,</b> Department of Chemical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Hadi Ghasemi,</b> Department of Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Xi Ling,</b> Research Laboratory of Electronics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The three awardees of the <b>Summer 2014 Travel Grants for international conferences</b> are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Radoslaw Cichy,</b> Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Emilio Nanni,</b> Nuclear Reactor Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• <b>Lei Wei,</b> Research Laboratory of Electronics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Congratulations to the awardees! Thanks again to all the applicants for your submission! Thanks to the evaluation team from the PDA professional development committee for the intensive reviewing process! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The PDA Travel Grant Program is made possible through funding from the MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA). The MIT PDA is funded in part by the Office of the MIT Vice President for Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sincerely,<br>
-Nan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nan Li, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Professional Development Committee Chair,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA)</p>
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