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      16px;text-align: left;">This year, for the first time, the IEEE
      Portugal Section is hosting the <em>Outstanding MSc Thesis Award</em>
      to distinguish Master Thesis in the technical areas in the scope
      of the <a
        href="https://www.ieee.org/communities/societies/index.html"
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        underline;">IEEE Societies</a>.<br>
      Students enrolled in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions who
      have publicly defended their master's thesis less than 12 months
      before the deadline for submission of applications (October 15th)
      can apply for the Outstanding MSc Thesis Award. Apply until
      October 15th using the form <a
        href="https://tinyurl.com/ieee-thesis-form" target="_blank"
        style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
        100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #00629b;font-weight:
        normal;text-decoration: underline;">https://tinyurl.com/ieee-thesis-form</a>
      and learn more details about the Application process in <a
        href="https://tinyurl.com/ieee-thesis-regulation"
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        exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
        100%;color: #00629b;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
        underline;">https://tinyurl.com/ieee-thesis-regulation</a>.</p>
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