Nominate a young scientist for ASPIRE Prize

Nominations are being sought to represent the United States for the 2016 APEC Science Prize Competition for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE Prize) being held in Lima, Peru. “Technologies for Food Security” is the ASPIRE Prize theme.

ASPIRE recognizes young scientists under the age of 40 from the 21 APEC economies (http://www.state.gov/p/eap/regional/apec/) for their excellence in scientific research and cooperation with scientists from other APEC member economies.

More information on the cash prize and the application are at www.state.gov/e/oes/stc/aspire2016/index.htm. The U.S. State Department has extended the application deadline to April 17, 2016.   

Please direct any questions regarding the competition to AspirePrize@State.gov or Douglas M. Herrin, MD, U.S. State Department Office of Science and Technology Cooperation at HerrinDM@State.gov or Christin Kjelland at KjellandC@State.gov. 

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