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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">This message is to announce that the 2021 Research Manuscript Award competition is now open and accepting submissions of eligible manuscripts from chapters through
February 22</span><sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">The deadline has been extended due to the late call for manuscripts. Eligibility is determined as follows:</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Each Phi Zeta chapter may sponsor up to two manuscripts – one in the category of Clinical Sciences
and one in the category of Basic Sciences.</span><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">The
authors need not be Phi Zeta members but must be veterinarians involved in a graduate or residency program within the past 2 years (no longer ago than January 2019 for the 2021 competition).</span></b><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">A
student in a veterinary-science department from an institution with no Phi Zeta chapter may submit a manuscript to a nearby chapter for consideration.</span><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65)"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">To
be considered eligible, the sponsored candidate must be the first author of the selected manuscript, and the manuscript must be accepted for publication, or published, in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. A letter verifying acceptance by the journal must
be included with the submission of manuscripts not yet published</b></span><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">.</span><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65)"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Further selection criteria may be established by the local chapters. See the Phi Zeta website (</span><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65)"><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.societyofphizeta.org)/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">www.societyofphizeta.org</a>) </span></span><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">for
more details on eligibility and the process for submitting manuscripts.</span><span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Another change this year is in the manuscript review process which will task 8 chapters per year with reviewing a subset of submitted manuscripts.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Under
this process, any one chapter is only responsible for reviewing manuscripts once every 4 years.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Chapter
officers will receive a subset of 6-8 of the submitted manuscripts and may delegate their review, using a supplied rubric, to 2-4 of their basic science and clinical science faculty.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Reviewers
must be Phi Zeta members, either active or honorary, of their local chapter.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Chapter
officers and designated reviewers can assign reviews to their senior residents or graduate students, if they wish.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">As
is the case for faculty reviewers, the resident or graduate student reviewers must be members of their Phi Zeta chapter.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">More
details of the new review process will be forthcoming.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Please submit your chapter’s manuscripts along with the Manuscript Submission form (</span><a href="http://www.societyofphizeta.org/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">www.societyofphizeta.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">under
Chapters/Forms and Documents or Awards/Guidelines) by February 22</span><sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"><sup>nd</sup> </span></sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">to
Missy Josephson</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">josepem@auburn.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">with
the Subject: Manuscript Award.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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