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nominations for two IUPAP Young Scientist Medals in the field of
Astrophysics<br>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The IUPAP
Young Scientist Medals for 2020 and 2021, each with a Cash Prize
of €1,000 and a certificate, will be awarded to two scientists
working in the field of astrophysics. The winners will be invited
to give a presentation of scientific achievements at the 31st
Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (TEXAS-2021, which
will be held on 13-17 December 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/cUBuCoV1kpfrQp75yszJUzr?domain=texas2021.org">https://texas2021.org</a>).</p>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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nominated candidate must not have completed more than eight years
of research after their doctorate by December 2020 and 2021,
respectively. Interruptions for parental leave, military service,
family responsibilities, etc., (but not teaching) are allowed. One
Medal cannot be shared between several candidates.</p>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Nominations
may be made by anyone with an interest in the field.
Self-nominations are not permitted, but potential candidate are
encouraged to ask a mentor or colleague to provide a nomination.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Nunito, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The nomination
papers must include:</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
– A citation of approximately 50 words.<br style="box-sizing:
border-box;">
– Curriculum vitae of the candidate, which must not exceed two
pages in length.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
– List of up to 6 of the candidate’s most significant
publications, including citation information, not to exceed one
page.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
– Commentary on the publications, which makes the case for the
award, not to exceed two pages.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
– Two letters of support (up to a maximum of three pages), at
least one of which must come from someone not at the nominee’s
institution and not a mentor or significant collaborator.</p>
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rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Nunito, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
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documents must be collated into a single pdf file called
Surname_ysm.pdf, where Surname is the candidate’s name. The file
must not exceed 2MB in size.</p>
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rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Nunito, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Nominations
not conforming to these rules cannot be accepted.</strong></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Nunito, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Medal
winners will be selected by a committee composed of the members of
the IUPAP Astrophysics Committee (C19).</p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Nominations
should be sent on or before 7 November 2021 to the Chair of IUPAP
C19 (Gerry Gilmore) by e-mail <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gil@ast.cam.ac.uk">gil@ast.cam.ac.uk</a>.</p>
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information on the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5mF_Cp81lrtn7EjqRCYymEe?domain=iupap.org/">https://iupap.org/</a></p>
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