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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Fyi – This NSF “Dear Colleague Letter” is described below. Please note that it is a RAPID submission with its own guidelines in the GPG, Chapter II, Proposal Preparation Instructions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:nees-info-bounces@mailman.nees.org" target="_blank">nees-info-bounces@mailman.nees.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nees-info-bounces@mailman.nees.org" target="_blank">nees-info-bounces@mailman.nees.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>NEES Announcement (<a href="mailto:nees-info@nees.org" target="_blank">nees-info@nees.org</a>)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 13, 2011 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@nees.org" target="_blank">announce@nees.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NSF DCL for New Zealand and Japan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(36, 104, 160);">NSF DCL for New Zealand and Japan</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 150%;"><img src="cid:image002.jpg@01CBF9F1.501B44B0" alt="giv-nsf.jpg" height="122" hspace="12" width="116" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: black;">Dr.
Subra Suresh, Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), has issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) concerning the acceptance of proposals to conduct research on the effects of the February 21, 2011 magnitude 6.3 South Island of New Zealand (Christchurch)
earthquake, and the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake near the East Coast of Honshu (Tohoku), Japan with the ensuing tsunami and nuclear power plant crises. The number of awards made by CISE, ENG, and OISE will depend on the quality of the proposals
received and the availability of funds.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: black;">For timely consideration, proposals should be submitted electronically via the NSF FastLane system by<span> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Friday,
April 29, 2011</span></b>. It is anticipated that the majority of awards will not exceed $50,000.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: black;">Details can be found at the</span></b><span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: black;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: black;"><a href="http://nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11049/nsf11049.jsp?org=NSF" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(8, 136, 171);">following
link</span></a></span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br>
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