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Following up on Dean Tedesco's invite to submit internal LOIs to the NSF call for Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers, I am attaching the following summary from M&Q, UH's research support contractor, that provides insights on the new requirements for this latest
call relative to the prior one.</div>
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Please let me know if you have any questions.</div>
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Best regards</div>
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Hanadi Rifai, PhD, PE, Fellow ASCE</div>
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John and Rebecca Moores Prodessor</div>
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Associate Dean Research and Facilities</div>
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