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Wyant, Dean, College of Optical Sciences <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Leslie P. Tolbert, Ph.D. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Senior Vice President for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE: NSF MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) PROGRAM - 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DATE:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> November 1, 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research is accepting pre-proposals for the 2012 Major Research Instrumentation Program. The guidelines for the program can be found at <u><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11503/nsf11503.htm">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11503/nsf11503.htm</a>.</u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposals must be submitted to the NSF Fast Lane no later than 5 PM on January 26, 2012.<b> </b>The University may submit 3 proposals and at least one must be for instrument development. The pre-proposal should consist of: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(1) no more than a two-page summary of the proposed program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(2) curriculum vitae of the nominee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(3) a brief memo indicating the expertise and resources that the faculty member brings to the research, how the proposal fits with the strategic emphasis of the respective College and the University, and the competitive advantage of the proposal nationally. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All pre-proposals should be ranked by the Dean of each college. If more than three are received, a committee of peers will be convened to select the University’s candidates. Please forward pre-proposals to this office by <b><u>Monday, December 5, 2011.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LPT/arr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>