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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Genhua Niu <Genhua.Niu@ag.tamu.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 17, 2023 12:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Negar Mahdavian <nmahdavian@ashs.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Genhua Niu <Genhua.Niu@ag.tamu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT]Early Career Competition - due May 1, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">External Email</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I would like to let you that the due date (</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">May 1, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">) for applying for the
<b>Early Career Competition</b> of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is quickly approaching. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Would you please forward this information to your faculty and staff, on and off-campus, and encourage them to participate?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chaired by Dr. Genhua Niu, ASHS Board Member-At-Large, the Early Career Competition has been developed for new faculty and professionals to communicate the impact of their extension, research,
teaching, and other scholarly activities. The purpose of this competition is to provide a platform for new scholars to advance their work and reputation in addition to helping facilitate peer-reviewed extension, teaching, and/or research from a wide range
of horticultural professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">This opportunity is available to postdocs, early career faculty (tenure-track assistant professors, non-tenure track faculty within the first 5 years of service at their current position), and industry and governmental professionals
(within the first 5 years of service at their current position).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Each participant will be required to submit an expanded 1000-word abstract detailing and explaining their entire program and how their research, teaching, extension and/or scholarly activities interact. The participant also needs to
provide a biographical summary not to exceed 100 words. Submissions must be made online to:
<a href="https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2023/cfp.cgi" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2023/cfp.cgi</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The top four applications will be selected and scheduled for presentations during a 2-hour block at the ASHS Annual Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For more information and application guideline, please visit:
<a href="https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2023/cfp.cgi" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2023/cfp.cgi</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Dr. Genhua Niu, Professor of Urban Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Texas AgriLife Research -Dallas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Texas A&M University System<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">17360 Coit Road, Dallas, TX 75252<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Email: <a href="mailto:gniu@ag.tamu.edu">
gniu@ag.tamu.edu</a>; Phone: 972-952-9226<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://dallas.tamu.edu/research/urbanagriculture/">https://dallas.tamu.edu/research/urbanagriculture/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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