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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">The <b>Call for Nominations for the 2018 <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">World Data System (WDS)</span> <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Data</span> <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Stewardship</span> <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Award</span> is
now open</b>. This <a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/community/data-stewardship-award/wds-data-stewardship-award" target="_blank">annual prize</a> celebrates the exceptional contributions of Early Career Researchers to the improvement of scientific <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">data</span> <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">stewardship</span> through
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at <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">SciDataCon 2018</span></a> (part of <a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">International <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Data</span> Week</span></b></a>,
5–8 November in Gaborone, Botswana)—alongside the 2017 <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">Award</span> winner, <a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/linhuan-wu-wins-2017-wds-data-stewardship-award" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Linhuan
Wu</span></a>—with their attendance covered by WDS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">If you know of an early career researcher who deserves to have their accomplishments recognized and highlighted to the international
community, then please be sure to complete the nomination form (<a href="https://goo.gl/kizXBA"><span style="color:#1155CC">Word</span></a> and <a href="https://goo.gl/PWcSsi"><span style="color:#1155CC">PDF</span></a>)—see notes below—and send it to the <span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">WDS</span> International
Programme Office <span style="background:white">(</span><a href="mailto:ipo@icsu-wds.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ipo@icsu-<span class="gmail-m-6239239853134046557gmail-il">wds</span>.org</span></a><span style="background:white">) no
later than 23:59 UTC on Monday, 21 May 2018</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222">PDF nomination form: <a href="https://goo.gl/PWcSsi"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://goo.gl/PWcSsi</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red">1. Please adhere to the eligibility requirements when making nominations.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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