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Please find the nominations form below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Nominations should be received by <b>30th November 2011</b>. Selection of a winner will be made by a panel of three EPT Board Members which will be chaired by Dr Alma Swan (<a href="https://nemo.strath.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=7af235b591f24b038d9f3db4376002a6&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2faQXNEy" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/aQXNEy</a>) a well-known figure in Open Access advocacy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The result will be announced in January 2012 and it is intended that a presentation will be made at a location convenient to the winner. The prizewinner will be publicly recognised through the presentation of a certificate and an engraved award. It is also hoped to have a “fringe” event at future OA meetings to celebrate the work of the winner.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>*The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) was established in 1996 to facilitate open access to the world's scholarly literature and to support the electronic publication of reviewed bioscience journals from countries experiencing difficulties with traditional publication. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/usscholar"><span style='color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=21 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC804A.0751FA50" alt="Description: twitter"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'> </span><a 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