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<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies for cross-posting… <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Sir/Madam:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The 2019 International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) meeting will be held in Sydney, Australia on May 27-31, 2019. The theme of the conference is <i>Data Down Under:
Exploring “Data Firsts”</i>. IASSIST offers fellowships that help provide financial support to participate in the conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kindly please forward this announcement to your members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Florio Arguillas, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">IASSIST Fellows Committee Chair</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The IASSIST Fellows Program is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for financial support to attend the IASSIST 2019 conference in Sydney, Australia
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><</span><a href="https://www.iassist2019.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">https://www.iassist2019.org/</span></a><span style="color:black">> from data professionals who
are developing, supporting and managing data infrastructures at their home institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The mission of the IASSIST Fellows Program is to provide support for data professionals from countries with emerging economies and underrepresented regions who are developing information infrastructures regarding
the use and preservation of public and private data and implementing information policy decisions at their home institutions. IASSIST Fellows has provided financial assistance to over 70 conference participants from around the world since 1997.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">The mission of the IASSIST Early Professional Fellows Program is to provide support for early career data professionals and recognize the value of new and innovative ideas from graduates
and professionals new to data in the social sciences, who may not otherwise have the funding to travel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">IASSIST is awarding a few full fellowships and a number of partial fellowships. Please be aware that funding is not intended to cover the entire cost of attending the conference. The applicant’s home institution
must provide some level of financial support to supplement an IASSIST Fellow award. Strong preference will be given to first time participants and applicants from those countries currently with insufficient representation at IASSIST. Only fully completed
applications will be considered. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given priority consideration for funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You may apply for funding via this form <</span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/yttyvLUetnheZH5Z2">https://goo.gl/forms/yttyvLUetnheZH5Z2</a><span style="color:black">>. The application deadline is on December 23,
2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information, to apply for funding or nominate a person for a Fellowship, please send an email to the Fellows Committee Chair Florio Arguillas (</span><a href="mailto:foa2@cornell.edu">foa2@cornell.edu</a><span style="color:black">).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Florio Arguillas, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">IASSIST Fellows Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Erica M. Johns<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Research Data & Environmental Sciences Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">President, RDAP Executive Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#2F5496">Liaison to BEE, EEB, FSAD, NTRES departments</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496;background:white"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143"><span style="color:#2F5496">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Albert R. Mann Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Cornell University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Ithaca, NY 14853<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Tel: (607) 255-0158<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Email: <a href="mailto:emj73@cornell.edu">
<span style="color:#2F5496">emj73@cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Website: <a href="http://data.research.cornell.edu/">
<span style="color:#2F5496">http://data.research.cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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