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Hello,</div>
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The Falmouth High School Science Department is looking for local scientists to mentor motivated high school students for a year-long environmental science project. Our goal is to pair students with mentors before they apply to increase their chances of success.</div>
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We are targeting The <a href="https://www.marjotfoundation.org/apply" id="OWAc0bf3054-a11e-da50-306e-3e9c5eabeeb6" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.marjotfoundation.org/apply" data-auth="NotApplicable">
<b>Marjot Foundation Grant</b></a>, which awards <b>$5,000</b> for student-designed, hypothesis-based environmental research.</div>
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Here is the quick breakdown of how the funding is split:</div>
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<li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.75pt; direction: ltr;"><b>$1,000 stipend awarded directly to you</b>, the adult mentor, for your time and guidance.</li><li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.75pt; direction: ltr;"><b>$2,500
</b>for research and project supplies.</li><li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.75pt; direction: ltr;"><b>$1,000</b> directly to the student.</li><li style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.75pt; direction: ltr;"><b>$500
</b>to the school's science department.</li></ul>
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<b>What is required?</b></div>
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If you work in an academic, government, or industrial scientific sector, you qualify to serve as a mentor. Mentors help students refine their environmental research proposal, write a letter of recommendation, and provide guidance on the project over the school
year.</div>
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The next application deadline is <b>October 15.</b> You can review the full eligibility and proposal details on the Marjot Foundation page linked above.</div>
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If you are open to guiding a bright young mind—or have an existing project a student could assist with—please send me an email (<a href="mailto:ktribou@falmouth.k12.ma.us" id="OWAe1064123-6763-fcb8-8970-ceb6757575b8" class="OWAAutoLink">ktribou@falmouth.k12.ma.us</a>).Thank
you for supporting the next generation of scientists!</div>
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Best regards,</div>
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Kristin Tribou</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Kristin Tribou, M.Ed.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Learning Partnerships Specialist | Falmouth Public Schools<br>
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<b><i>"No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced." — Sir David Attenborough</i></b></div>
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