<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b33c16f8-220a-6f8a-6445-bf10d69475d7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/hR8kuAAfRct1ysxNbv2hTXvadTLqsm3iEZPUdtk7p1sdezt-T6ZVdsvxczw_st0Xg46pHTFPF2-pU6WrynNQgiG2Ens5oGaskon0rndz-qD8OWzliN040zvaq7yxnGty2k0YfSA" width="295px;" height="96px;" style="border: none;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">IBPSA-USA Student and Young Professional Scholarships for the 2015 ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">IBPSA-USA is pleased to offer up to eight scholarships for students and young professionals to attend the ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference in Atlanta on September 30 to October 2, 2015. Funding is provided by the U.S Department of Energy. Find conference information at </span><a href="http://www.ashrae.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.ashrae.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Eligibility: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Recipients must be either </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">a student at a university in the USA during the fall term 2015, or </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">a practicing professional in the energy modeling field, who has graduated from a USA university in 2013 or later.</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What’s Covered</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Conference registration, $350 student, $535 professional </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Three nights hotel, actual expense up to $550</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Travel allowance for airfare and ground transportation (train or shuttle), actual expense up to $400</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How to Apply: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Fill in this online application form</span><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><a href="https://goo.gl/OShzFg" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://goo.gl/OShzFg</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">You will be asked to provide: </span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Title of your conference presentation or paper (if applicable) </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">A letter describing your background and motivation for attending the conference (up to one page)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Contact information for a faculty sponsor or employer</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How Applications Will Be Evaluated</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Students will receive priority</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Applicants presenting at the conference will receive priority</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Compelling letters will receive priority</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Earlier application submissions will receive priority</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Faculty sponsors or employers may be contacted to confirm eligibility</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What Happens if You Receive an Award</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Reimbursements will be made after the conference following submission of an expense claim form (available here: </span><a href="https://goo.gl/D48M4v" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://goo.gl/D48M4v</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">). Receipts are required. Advance payment will be considered in cases of hardship.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Reimbursements will be in the form of a check in US dollars. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Timing: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">July 24, 2015 – Applications due; August 7, 2015 – Awards announced</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b33c16f8-220a-b6c1-fcd6-50cbf47ec93b"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Questions: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Contact Mike Wilson, Executive Director IBPSA-USA, </span><a href="mailto:mike@ibpsa.us" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333333333333px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">mike@ibpsa.us</span></a></p></span></div>