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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004063">$10M Available to Universities<u></u><u></u></span></h1><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As Director of the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg3Nzg2MSZlbWFpbGlkPWp0ZWRlc2NvQHVoLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9anRlZGVzY29AdWguZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/csp.html" target="_blank">Concentrating Solar Power</a> (CSP) subprogram of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg3Nzg2MSZlbWFpbGlkPWp0ZWRlc2NvQHVoLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9anRlZGVzY29AdWguZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&103&&&http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/SunShot/" target="_blank">SunShot Initiative</a>, I am pleased to bring to your attention the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg3Nzg2MSZlbWFpbGlkPWp0ZWRlc2NvQHVoLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9anRlZGVzY29AdWguZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&104&&&https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/#8c35b13b-195f-412c-ab38-9d7dc1a560e9" target="_blank">Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI): High Operating Temperature Fluids (HOT Fluids)</a> funding opportunity that was announced recently.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg3Nzg2MSZlbWFpbGlkPWp0ZWRlc2NvQHVoLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9anRlZGVzY29AdWguZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&105&&&http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/SunShot/" target="_blank">SunShot Initiative</a> is an aggressive R&D plan aimed at developing solar energy technologies to meet a levelized cost of energy target of 6 cents/kWh without subsidy by the year 2020. Toward this goal, the MURI solicitation seeks multidisciplinary-university-team-based applicants to develop innovative heat-transfer fluids with aggressive technical metrics for use in high temperature CSP systems. The proposals are due <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 19, 2012</span></b> and further details on the application are available on the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMjE1LjU2MDM3MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg3Nzg2MSZlbWFpbGlkPWp0ZWRlc2NvQHVoLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9anRlZGVzY29AdWguZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&106&&&https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/#8c35b13b-195f-412c-ab38-9d7dc1a560e9" target="_blank">MURI: HOT Fluids funding opportunity page</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I would appreciate your bringing this opportunity to the attention of the faculty in your College/School. We look forward to your institution's participation in proposing to this Initiative.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ranga Pitchumani</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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