<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">Dear PI member,</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">Upcoming events are listed at:&nbsp;<a href="http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events">http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events</a></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">New posts to Outrigger include:</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/19/call-for-papers-transpacific/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">Call for Papers: New Perspectives on Transpacific Connections – The Americas and the South Pacific</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/19/call-for-abstracts-local-governments-structures-functions-and-climate-change-close-30-april/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">Call for Abstracts: Local Governments, Structures, Functions and Climate Change (close 30 April)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/19/uk-commonwealth-scholarships/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">UK Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for Developing Countries (close 31 May 2012)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/19/micsem-future/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">The Future of Micsem (Micronesian Seminar, Pohnpei FSM)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/19/workshop-language-preservation-goroka2012/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">International Workshop on Language Preservation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/18/ausaid-international-seminar-support-scheme/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">AusAID: International Seminar Support Scheme</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/18/ausaid-ngo-cooperation-program-innovations-fund-2011-12-applications-close-23-april/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">Applications for ACNP Innovation Fund 2011-12 (close 23 April)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/18/fulbright-scholarships2013/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">Fulbright Scholarships 2013 (information session)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://devpolicy.org/pacific-buzz-april-18-2012/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">Pacific Buzz (April 18): Latest from PNG | Internet benefits | Labour mobility | Managing tuna…and more</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/17/pipp-dp-20-upgrading-wireless/" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">DP 20: NET BENEFITS – Upgrading the coconut wireless: Internet uptake in the Pacific</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><a href="http://aciar.gov.au/publication/FR2012-08" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; ">Improving value and marketability of coconut wood</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><o:p></o:p></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: rgb(83, 83, 83); "><span>▪<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 86, 186); "><span style="color: rgb(30, 86, 186); text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/16/ausaid-new-country-profile/" target="1">AusAID: new country profiles and documents online</a></span></span><br></p></font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">Those of you seeking to support applicants from the region, please note that AusAID's ADS and ALAS scholarships close 30 April (see&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/04/05/applications-open-australian-development-scholarships-ads-and-australian-leadership-awards-ala-close-30-april-2012" target="1"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 224); ">Outrigger post of 5 April 2012</span></a>).</span></font></p>