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<b>From: </b>CAP <no-reply-cap@cap.ca><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Marcello Pavan <marcello@triumf.ca><br>
<b>Subject: </b>PPD Thesis Prize 2026 (Reply by Feb 13, 2026)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear PPD Members,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Particle Physics Division is pleased to announce this year’s thesis prize competition! The nomination deadline is
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">February 13, 2026</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The PPD Ph.D. thesis prize is awarded in Experimental or Phenomenological Particle Physics to a student receiving their Ph.D. degree from a Canadian university in the current
calendar year. The award consists of $500 from the PPD and an invited talk at the upcoming CAP Congress sponsored by TRIUMF or PPD up to $1000.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More information, including the required documents, can be found here:<a href="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11504&qid=1583141" rel="nofollow" originalsrc="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11504&qid=1583141" data-outlook-id="2d7e231a-229b-491e-b51f-0de0d76f4f42" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11504&qid=1583141" rel="nofollow" originalsrc="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11504&qid=1583141" data-outlook-id="8e2606d3-7eea-4f11-a1e2-81ef84e4a634" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.cap.ca/divisions/ppd/ppd-prizes-thesis-award/</a><u>.</u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Note
that, to be eligible for the award, both the supervisor and the nominee must be members of CAP and PPD.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Applications must be submitted via email by the thesis supervisor to the vice-chair of the PPD, currently Nikita Blinov (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11506&qid=1583141" rel="nofollow" originalsrc="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11506&qid=1583141" data-outlook-id="b9535d80-2c95-48f2-b79d-5d4d61d9cb59" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">nblinov@yorku.ca</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">),
with “PPD THESIS AWARD” in the subject, prior to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">February 13, 2026</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Any questions should be sent to Savino Longo (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11505&qid=1583141" rel="nofollow" originalsrc="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11505&qid=1583141" data-outlook-id="856ff049-2585-48f2-ae4c-a89a3e2cdf97" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Savino.Longo@umanitoba.ca</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)
or Nikita Blinov (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11506&qid=1583141" rel="nofollow" originalsrc="https://crm.cap.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=11506&qid=1583141" data-outlook-id="26fbd327-334d-49e7-9042-9dbcb21c4ad5" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">nblinov@yorku.ca</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Savino Longo (PPD Chair)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nikita Blinov (PPD Vice-chair)</span></p>
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