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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share with your colleagues, as appropriate:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists: National Competition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Pitt Internal Deadline: September 26, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists competition celebrates America's most innovative young faculty-rank scientists and engineers. The awards recognize high impact and innovative accomplishments in the life sciences, physical
sciences & engineering, and chemistry, with three winners each awarded $250,000 in unrestricted funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">The University of Pittsburgh has been invited to nominate one outstanding young faculty member in each of three disciplinary categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">The Blavatnik Family Foundation requires that an applicant:<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#333333">·</span><span style="color:#333333"> Has been born in or after 1975.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#333333">·</span><span style="color:#333333"> Holds a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#333333">·</span><span style="color:#333333"> Currently holds a faculty position at an invited institution in the United States.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#333333">·</span><span style="color:#333333"> Currently conducts research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemistry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To be considered as a nominee from the University of Pittsburgh please submit the following application materials<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> to the University’s Competition Space portal,</span>
<b><a href="http://upitt.infoready4.com/">http://upitt.infoready4.com/</a> : </b>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. <span style="color:#333333;background:white">A brief, 200-word statement explaining your record of significant independent scientific contributions, early career success, and promise of sustained or accelerated progress in the future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. A current Curriculum Vitae<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please respond by September 26 so that nominations may be prepared for the foundation’s November 16, 2016 deadline. Additional details regarding this program are available at:
<a href="http://blavatnikawards.org/awards/national-awards/">http://blavatnikawards.org/awards/national-awards/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Questions regarding this funding opportunity or the internal competition process should contact Ryan Champagne:
<b><a href="mailto:rkc12@pitt.edu">rkc12@pitt.edu</a></b> or 412.624.7410<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ryan K. Champagne<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Grants Development Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Pittsburgh <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Office of Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">B21 University Club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">123 University Place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">412.624.7410<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:rkc12@pitt.edu">rkc12@pitt.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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