<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hello members,</p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Submissions for awards nominations are now open! NAPPN Awards are presented every year at the <a href="https://www.plantphenotyping.org/conference-home" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(220,161,13)">NAPPN Annual Conference</span></a>, and recognize members at various stages making important progress in plant phenotyping. We strongly encourage you to nominate yourself or a fellow colleague! There are four categories:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Industry Award</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Early Career Award</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Award</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Graduate Student Award</li></ul><p></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Learn more about each of these awards as well as award specific application guidelines <a href="https://www.plantphenotyping.org/awards-applications" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The deadline to submit is December 15, 2023. Award recipients will be notified in Late January or early February, and will be recognized at the NAPPN Community Session of the 2024 NAPPN Annual Meeting. Recipients will be asked to present at the following NAPPN Annual Meeting. We are excited to celebrate excellence in our community!</p></div>