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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Folks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Both a call for reviewers as well as information about the catalyst award competition for healthy longevity. I think several of you are probably well-poised to serve in either role and as usual please contact
Callie about setting up a meeting to discuss the awards further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best, Neil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology<br>
Director, Institute for Successful Longevity </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.isl.fsu.edu/"><span style="color:blue">www.isl.fsu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#282828"><br>
Department of Psychology, Florida State University<br>
1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301<br>
Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739<br>
E-mail: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:charness@psy.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">charness@psy.fsu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#282828">;
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please Note:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Due to Florida’s very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon
request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Toplitz, Michele <MToplitz@nas.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 18, 2019 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Neil Charness <charness@psy.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NAM Healthy Longevity Global Competition<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Dr. Charness,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I attended the <i>Mobile Technology for Adaptive Aging</i> workshop last week and enjoyed your presentation. I am a Program Officer with the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), managing the recently launched
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.healthylongevitychallenge.org/__;!!PhOWcWs!hlMlxfieNvSfPcAlxocTGTphJNpU6gaj1xJUgvZZWJ1KYm5rQXRUUc7l76g3lCK5how$">
Healthy Longevity Global Competition</a>. This is a multi-year, multi-million-dollar international competition that aims to accelerate breakthroughs in healthy longevity; it is open to innovators of any background or discipline. The first phase of the Competition,
the Catalyst Awards, starts in early January. <u>The NAM is giving out up to 24 Catalyst Awards per year in 2020-2022; each award includes a $50,000 cash prize and travel costs to an annual Innovator Summit. Applications are only 2 pages in length.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>I am reaching out<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>to<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>kindly ask if you would be willing to 1) nominate reviewers and/or circulate our call for reviewers (now) and 2) circulate our call for applications to your network (in early January)<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">I am specifically hoping to get more involvement from folks in the social sciences – as reviewers and as applicants.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reviewer Nominations<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Through early January, we are continuing to diversify our reviewer pool. Ideal reviewers will be broad, “out-of-box” thinkers with a history of creativity and innovation. We welcome nominations from all disciplines<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>but are seeking experts from the<u> social and behavioral science, demography, architecture, economics, social work, international development, public policy, urban planning and development, engineering, computer science, and design fields in particular</u>.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>If it is helpful, I’ve included some language below in yellow that you can use when reaching out to your network as well as an overview of the Competition (attached). Folks can self-nominate and/or nominate a colleague by completing the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5147224/ReviewerNominations__;!!PhOWcWs!hlMlxfieNvSfPcAlxocTGTphJNpU6gaj1xJUgvZZWJ1KYm5rQXRUUc7l76g3U8JHHhE$">
Online Reviewer Nominations Form</a> (alternately, they can email me the person’s name, affiliation, and email address).
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Th<span style="color:#1F497D">e </span>review task isn’t intended to be time-consuming – there’s no detailed scoring rubric or commentary. The applications are just 2 pages in length. Reviewers identified through this call would complete
their task in March-April 2020. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Promoting the NAM Catalyst Award Competition<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Starting in early-mid January, the NAM aims to promote the Competition
<i>beyond</i> the biomedical and aging fields to solicit creative applications from across disciplines. If you are willing to help promote the Competition, or can connect us to persons/organizations that could help do so, I will loop in my NAM communications
colleagues. They can share social media posts, graphics, etc. If you have any suggestions for individuals, organizations, professional associations, academic centers/institutes, etc. that might be helpful in raising awareness about the Competition, please
let me know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michele<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Dear Colleagues:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is soliciting nominations for reviewers of the US NAM Catalyst Awards and would greatly appreciate your help identifying prospective reviewers.
The Catalyst Awards are part of the NAM’s <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/healthylongevitychallenge.org/__;!!PhOWcWs!hlMlxfieNvSfPcAlxocTGTphJNpU6gaj1xJUgvZZWJ1KYm5rQXRUUc7l76g3T4qVr4A$">
Healthy Longevity Global Competition</a>. Ideal reviewers will be broad, “out-of-box” thinkers with a history of creativity and innovation. While we welcome nominations from all disciplines, the NAM is working to diversify its current pool of nominees.<b>
<u>The NAM is seeking experts from the social and behavioral science, public health, demography, architecture, economics, social work, international development, public policy, urban planning and development, infrastructure, engineering, and design fields in
particular.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">If you wish to nominate yourself or a colleague, please complete the
</span></b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5147224/ReviewerNominations__;!!PhOWcWs!hlMlxfieNvSfPcAlxocTGTphJNpU6gaj1xJUgvZZWJ1KYm5rQXRUUc7l76g3U8JHHhE$"><b>Online Reviewer
Nominations Form</b></a> <b>ASAP</b>. <b> Please also consider sharing this request with your networks.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">If you have any questions, please contact Michele Toplitz (<a href="mailto:mtoplitz@nas.edu">mtoplitz@nas.edu</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Michele Toplitz, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Program Officer, Healthy Longevity Global Competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#44546A">National Academy of Medicine |</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<span style="color:blue">www.nam.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#44546A">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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