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<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Student Scholarship to attend the IBPSA Conference in
<a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="OLE_LINK10">Chambery, France</a></span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">IBPSA-USA is pleased to offer a series of student scholarships to attend the IBPSA Building Simulation
 Conference in <a name="OLE_LINK13"></a><a name="OLE_LINK14"></a><a name="OLE_LINK36">Chambery, France
</a>in August 2013. Share your research and meet potential employers and peers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a name="__DdeLink__66_1981581537"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">To participate, contribute at least three pages to the BEMBook wiki
 (</span></a><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a href="http://bembook.ibpsa.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif"">http://bembook.ibpsa.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif"">us</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">).
 Contributions to the BEMBook wiki </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">done in collaboration with your University faculty advisor are encouraged.</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">IBPSA-USA offers up to 7 student scholarships for US-$ 1500 each to attend the IBPSA Building Simulation
 Conference.</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Eligibility</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Participants must be students during the Fall 2012 or Spring 2013 or Fall 2013 semester at a University in the USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Participants need not be authors of a paper for the IBPSA conference, but priority will be given to those who have a paper accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">The grant needs to be used to pay or offset expenses to attend the IBPSA conference in Chambery, France. Grants are not transferable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">How to Apply<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Please prepare a document that contains the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">A letter stating your request to IBPSA-USA.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="OLE_LINK20"></a><a name="OLE_LINK19"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Your name, email address and affiliation.
<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">State whether an abstract and a paper have been submitted to
<a name="OLE_LINK27"></a><a name="OLE_LINK28"></a><a name="OLE_LINK35">the Building Simulation Conference 2013
</a>and what the acceptance status is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">If you have already graduated, state your graduation date and current form of employment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Have the letter co-signed by an academic advisor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">List at least three permanent links to pages that you contributed. (A permanent link can be created using the “<a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3">Permanent
 Link</a>” text at the lower right corner of the BEMBook wiki.) See </span><a href="http://www.bembook.ibpsa.us/index.php?title=Getting_Started"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif"">www.bembook.ibpsa.us/index.php?title=Getting_Started</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">
 for guidance on creating a BEMBook page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Attach your BS’2013 paper or an abstract describing your work and interests.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">Attach a current CV.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 prevents publication at </span><a href="http://www.bembook.ibpsa.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif"">http://www.bembook.ibpsa.us</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:black">.
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 that expenses have not been otherwise paid.  IBPSA-USA will specify the claim procedure to successful applicants. The maximum reimbursement is $1500 or actual expenses, whichever is less. Allowed expenses are travel, housing, and conference registration. IBPSA-USA
 will consider requests to make advance payments when after-the-fact reimbursement causes hardship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"arial;sans-serif","serif";color:windowtext">March 15 2013:   Entries need to be sent to
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