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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dr. Ben Rayder, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Major Awards, in the Honors College is seeking help with recruiting current juniors and sophomores in engineering who might
be good candidates for the </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/__;!!LkSTlj0I!Wkpz4XqN4PdTf1Xh-mw-4hrzDAaUyNiHi9hTIMVC_XiQ89BexbghSuAvagAgvg-ctMg$" target="_blank" title="https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Goldwater Scholarship</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Goldwater is a very prestigious and, therefore, competitive award. Most recipients have:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> a publication or presentation at a conference is ideal</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">The </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">nominations are</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"> not due until late January, but there is
a campus deadline for late November. Dr. Rayder would be grateful if you might have some candidates in mind. He can be contacted at
<a href="mailto:btrayder@central.uh.edu">btrayder@central.uh.edu</a>; further information can be found at <a href="http://www.undergraduateresearch.uh.edu/" target="_blank">www.UndergraduateResearch.uh.edu</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Dr. Ben Rayder</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Major Awards</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">The Honors College</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">University of Houston</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
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