<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rita Guel</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rguel@ucmerced.edu">rguel@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 12:06 PM<br>Subject: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - SNS Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Spring 2018<br>To: Sayantani Ghosh <<a href="mailto:sghosh@ucmerced.edu">sghosh@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Erik Menke <<a href="mailto:emenke@ucmerced.edu">emenke@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Harish Bhat <<a href="mailto:hbhat@ucmerced.edu">hbhat@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Miriam Barlow <<a href="mailto:mbarlow@ucmerced.edu">mbarlow@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>Cc: Betsy Dumont <<a href="mailto:edumont@ucmerced.edu">edumont@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Paul Roberts <<a href="mailto:proberts@ucmerced.edu">proberts@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Joy Sanchez-Bell <<a href="mailto:jsanchez-bell@ucmerced.edu">jsanchez-bell@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Brandi Lambert <<a href="mailto:blambert3@ucmerced.edu">blambert3@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Amanda Sargent <<a href="mailto:asargent@ucmerced.edu">asargent@ucmerced.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Dear Graduate Group Chairs,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">We are pleased to call for nominations for the SNS Distinguished Scholars Fellowship for Spring 2018 due
<u>Friday, October 27, 2017</u>. Please see attached guidelines.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">We are seeking nominations from each Graduate Group and anticipate that three fellowships will be awarded. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Graduate Groups are expected to meet internally and select their top candidates. A maximum of two nominations per grad
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Rita Guel<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Application</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;letter-spacing:-.55pt">
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:112%;letter-spacing:-.05pt">Each graduate</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:112%;letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:112%;letter-spacing:-.05pt">group</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:112%;letter-spacing:-.3pt"> may nominate up to two students.
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:112%">Nomination packages should include: 1) a one-page personal statement written by the student that speaks to how this award will help them achieve their research/educational goals,
2) a letter of support from a UCM faculty member, 3) unofficial UCM transcripts, and 4) a note of endorsement from the Graduate Group Chair.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:112%">Please email nomination packages to Rita Guel (<a href="mailto:rguel@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">rguel@ucmerced.edu</a>) by
<u>Friday, October 27, 2017</u>. Nominations received by the deadline will be conveyed to the Executive Committee, who will recommend candidates to the Dean.
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Associate Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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