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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NAPPN Annual Award Nominations Now Open!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations for the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) Awards are NOW OPEN!  This year we have four awards available to our members. This
 is your chance to be recognized for your accomplishments by your peers and colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
<a href="https://www.plantphenotyping.org/awards">four available awards</a> are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Early Career Award (early career scientist <10 years post Ph.D.)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate Student Award (M.Sc. or Ph.D. within the last year)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">NEW!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">NEW!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Industry Award Sponsored by PhenoSpex (open to all ranks)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please visit this page for information about how to apply:
<a href="https://www.plantphenotyping.org/awards-applications">https://www.plantphenotyping.org/awards-applications</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The nomination closing date is</span><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C0392B"> 5PM CT January 20th, 2022.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Award winners will be announced (and get some nice hardware!) at the
<a href="https://plantphenotyping.org/conference-home">2022 NAPPN Annual Conference</a> in Athens, GA.
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C0392B"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NAPPN Board Member Nominations Now Open!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations for the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) Executive Board are now open!  This is a chance to demonstrate your leadership and
 help grow the plant phenotyping community.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In accordance with our</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.plantphenotyping.org/bylaws__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!XGFQrFVkqA2ZAgzy8f7IbAb7WCB3jaRElb_3lg_E-Yh7ZpQkaIrrawfzWLCcVwWl$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.plantphenotyping.org/bylaws__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!XGFQrFVkqA2ZAgzy8f7IbAb7WCB3jaRElb_3lg_E-Yh7ZpQkaIrrawfzWLCcVwWl$"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">bylaws</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
 we are seeking nominations in the following categories:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Private Sector/Industry</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2
 members for 2023 & 2024 (ending 2/2025)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic – Biology</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2
 members for 2023 & 2024 (ending 2/2025)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Follow this link to the nomination form:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">                
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bIx4B6NglJT2qUu">https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bIx4B6NglJT2qUu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The link can be used as many times as needed until the nomination closing date:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">        
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C0392B">10AM CT December 17th, 2021.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Election results will be announced and winners will meet with the current board at the
<a href="https://plantphenotyping.org/conference-home">2022 NAPPN Annual Conference</a> in Athens, GA.
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider nominating a colleague or yourself.  Thank you for your continued support of our organization!  <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NAPPN Awards Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NAPPN Executive Board</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jennifer L. Clarke, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Director, Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Director, PhD in Complex Biosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professor, Departments of Statistics, Food Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Nebraska-Lincoln<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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