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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">I hope this email finds you well. I hope that everyone had a wonderful spring break.
<span style=""> </span>It is that time of the year to send out the Thompson call. I typically send out this call around spring break. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">As I'd like to award students the <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Thompson</span>s early in April to make formal announcements and recognize them during Phi Sigma (ideally), the deadline will
be next week, 3/28. If you take a few more days till the end of March, that's fine and I'll update the students but I will email students next Monday.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">This will allow me to ask students to apply by approximately the 8<sup>th</sup> of April, giving them roughly 10 days and I'll make decisions quickly thereafter within one week or thereabouts. I’ll also make these
announcements at Phi Sigma, which I’ll be leading this year (April 22<sup>nd</sup>). </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">To refresh, the Thompson program is an excellent opportunity for summer research support which also grants graduate students hands-on research experience.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#222222"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">I'm including the official call as a Word document. In the past two years, with the help of the
<span style=""> </span>grad committee, I’d updated and streamlined the document, attached. Faculty members who desire to become Thompson scholarship mentors should draft a proposal with an outline of research goals and output. Please see the attached document
for additional details.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#222222"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Please contact me with any questions about this opportunity.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#222222"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#222222">Best, </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#222222">Naz</span></p>
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