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Please see the message below from Reiner about applications to the KEK-TRIUMF Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers.
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- Your GAPS<br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues --</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Applications are now being accepted for the next round of the KEK-TRIUMF Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers (EPECR). The deadline
for the 2020/21 intake of applications for this exciting program is Wednesday, March 31<sup>st</sup>, 2021 at 5:00 PM PT.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The KEK-TRIUMF EPECR is a researcher and student exchange program that promotes the development of up-and-coming researchers,
who will play a key role in accelerator science and its related fields. An important aim of the program is to help foster new collaborations between KEK and TRIUMF. It provides early career researchers affiliated with either TRIUMF or KEK with the opportunity
of performing research activities at the other institute, enriching both the Japanese and Canadian science and innovation landscapes. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-US">NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Due to the continued challenges posed by COVID-19, this call for applicants may be subject to change according to changing national and international dynamics.
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The benefits of participating in an exchange between TRIUMF and KEK include: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Continuing to advance your research horizons while collaborating with foreign colleagues and gaining international experience
at another world-leading centre</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Playing a role in facilitating collaborations and partnerships between KEK and TRIUMF</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Enriching your continuous learning with opportunities to understand an array of different cultural and community perspectives<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Please see the TRIUMF EPECR webpage for more information on the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">program and how to apply:
</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.triumf.ca/node/26058" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">https://www.triumf.ca/node/26058</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> <br>
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If this exchange opportunity is of interest, I encourage you to apply soon!<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Reiner Kruecken<br>
TRIUMF Deputy Director, Research</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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