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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#474949">Managing Yourself and Others: A Leadership Crash Course</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#474949"><br>
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IMPACT Fellowship Program</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#474949">. IMPACT increases access to opportunities for marginalized early-career research trainees to build skills, understand strengths and develop networks.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#474949">The deadline for this year’s application is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#474949">Sunday,
June 30</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#474949">. All current postdocs are eligible to apply to become an IMPACT Fellow and applications are not limited to individuals at NPA member institutions.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">Ann Skoczenski, PhD</span></i></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Director of Postdoctoral Services</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office of the Vice President for Research</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/" title="http://postdocs.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://postdocs.mit.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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