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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hello School of Plant Sciences Graduate Students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Are you defending your degree soon? Wondering what to do next? The Dean of CALS has recently drawn our attention to the
<span style="color:black;background:white">Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4A4849;background:white">The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time hands-on training and educational program that provides early
career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://nationalacademies.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;background:white;text-decoration:none">National Academies
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine</span></a><span style="color:#4A4849;background:white"> in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. This Mirzayan Fellowship offers
a unique opportunity to obtain the essential skills and knowledge needed to work in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4849;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Eligibility.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4849"> Graduate
and professional school students and those who have completed graduate studies (degree awarded) within the last five years may apply. Areas of study may include social/behavioral sciences, health and medicine, physical or biological sciences, engineering,
law/business/public administration, or relevant interdisciplinary fields. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">This year’s deadlines:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Application Open:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849">August 2, 2021</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Application Close:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849">October 29, 2021</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Session Start:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849">March 7, 2022</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Session End:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849">May 27, 2022</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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