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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> CODATA-international <codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Asha CODATA<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 25 March 2020 11:54<br>
<b>To:</b> codata-international@lists.codata.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CODATA-international] Essay Competition: Open Data Challenges to Address Global and Societal Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img width="500" height="269" style="width:5.2083in;height:2.802in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/codata-essay-300x162.png">CODATA
 Connect Working Group: Early Career and Alumni Network</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">AN INVITATION TO TAKE PART IN THE CODATA CONNECT – DATA SCIENCE JOURNAL EARLY CAREER ESSAY COMPETITION </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The first of its kind, CODATA Connect Early Career and Alumni Network in collaboration with the CODATA Data Science Journal (DSJ) is organizing
 an Essay Competition for Early Career Researchers (ECR), defined as university undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate students or early career researchers within five years of completing their highest qualification. CODATA Connect exists to ensure a structural
 and sustained collaboration and support for the activities of the alumni of CODATA-RDA Summer Schools, of the CODATA China and Trieste Training Workshops and other early career researchers and data professionals involved in the CODATA community and those of
 partner organisations.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Topic for the Essay: “Open Data Challenges to Address Global and Societal Issues”</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Participants interested in disseminating information on research data in the sciences, humanities and the arts
 using essays as the medium are welcome to apply.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Topics might include but not limited to human health, climate change, resilience, etc. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Essays which discuss the necessary limits in openness are also in scope and are welcome (e.g. personal health
 information, indigenous sovereignty etc.)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Essays that discuss the challenges in making data as open as possible and how such data can be used to address
 global and societal issues (Crime, Disease, Governance, etc.)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Essays might discuss challenges at any point in the data lifecycle and in relation to any of a number of global
 and societal challenges.  </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">We discourage essays that simply present well known and generic arguments in favour of open data.   </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Essays are encouraged to use local or specific examples for the benefits of open data and to discuss how challenges
 can be overcome in both specific circumstances and more globally.  </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The dates for the essay writing are: 1st April to 30th June 2020. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The Essay Writing Competition is open to all CODATA-RDA Summer Schools Alumni and any Early Career researchers.
 The essay writing time is 3 months and the length of the essay should be 2000-3000 words. References do not count as part of words limit. Each essay must contain the full name(s), affiliations and contacts details of the authors. Essay is accepted only in
 English Language.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">THE JUDGING PANEL</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The panel of judges consists of representatives from the CODATA Community and Editors of the CODATA Data Science Journal. The judges decision
 is final and may not be appealed. The review process will be single blind. Judges will not know the identity of the authors.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">JUDGING CRITERIA </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Essays should be interesting, original and provocative but also clearly situated in a body of knowledge. It is important that authors show an
 appropriate knowledge of the chosen research area for discussions. Other criteria include but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Contemporary relevance of the topic to science of data</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Demonstrated awareness of the state of discussion around the topic. Essays do not need to include a comprehensive
 literature review, but must illustrate where their argument fits into broader discussion in the field.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Strength and persuasiveness of the argument, underpinned by reference to literature, evidence and data.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">FORMAT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Essays cover topics and controversies of interest to the community and aim to stimulate discussion and debate. Essays may be provocative and
 less focused on reporting original research work but should still consist of original thoughts and ideas. Essays should be no longer than 3,000 words in length.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The
 content of the essay should be at the author’s preference.  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">More information on the criteria for Essay submission at the DSJ can be found here: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://datascience.codata.org/about/submissions/"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">https://datascience.codata.org/about/submissions/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">PRIZES</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The winning essay will be published in DSJ for free and the winner will receive a trip to the CODATA Symposium
 in October 2020 or future CODATA event as appropriate along with a formal certification of their achievement.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The selected essay winner will be announced on the CODATA website
<a href="https://www.codata.org/">https://www.codata.org/</a>  by Saturday 15 August 2020. The winner will also be contacted through the CODATA Connect email.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">CODATA reserves the right to publish the winners’ name and affiliation, as well as the winning essay on the CODATA Data Science Journal: <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/"><span style="color:#2EA3F2">https://datascience.codata.org/</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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