<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hello postdoc community,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are happy to invite <b>postdoctoral, visiting scholars, and project scientists, and graduate students</b> to participate in the annual<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">symposium</span>, which is organized by the RPA. We encourage all of you to attend and submit an abstract for <b>a talk or poster presentation</b>.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This Early Career Scientists<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Symposium</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>is scheduled to take place on <b>Tuesday, June 18th, 2024</b>, at the Student Success Center (SSC) 235 on the UCR Campus in Riverside, CA. The objective of this<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">symposium</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>is to give postdocs (i.e., project scientists, postdocs/visiting scholars) and graduate students in STEM and Humanities the opportunity to share their work with the community and gain experience as disseminators of knowledge. The Evaluation Committee will select <b>8 postdoc talks</b> (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A). </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Prizes for best talk and posters will be awarded.</b> Postdoc oral presentations will provide financial support for research in the amount of <b>$500</b> for the best presentation, <b>$300</b> for the second-place winner, and <b>$200</b> for the third-place winner. And a</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">wards for the three top poster presentations will be of<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">$200, $150, and $100</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">These awards will be transferred to the winner's department for research-related expenses, including conference travel.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> These awards aim to recognize and reward outstanding academic research and presentation skills.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><li style="margin-left:15px">Registration is FREE</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Deadline for abstract submission:<b> April 30th, 2023</b></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Deadline for registration:  <b>May 17th, 2023</b></li></ul><div><font size="4">Registration is required to attend the symposium. Please fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyPMnlL5ozccPBq3QyolbPKjUzWISlPFvt-Ao5zaygb9dMaw/viewform?usp=sf_link">this form</a> to register and to submit an abstract.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">You can find <a href="https://rpa.ucr.edu/page/symposium-2024/">more information here</a>.</font></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_luc0i2uo1" alt="2024-ECSS_flier2.jpg" width="422" height="562"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please let us know if you have any questions.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:center"><b>UC Riverside Postdoctoral Association (RPA)<br></b></div><div style="text-align:center">Executive Board</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></div><div style="text-align:center">News, events & more on 🔗 <a href="https://rpa.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://rpa.ucr.edu/</a></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">Follow us on social media:<br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wt6ElSBnR5znsAutPUhxDfGIt5zUQzC-aQ1UDOMIF0rB7THGeqvwFxHMWiAJgvk2xMtrkD_d8"> <img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK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