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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please distribute the attached word
documents concerned with the 2012 <b>NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure
Improvement (RII) Track-1</b> and <b>NSF EPSCoR Track-2</b> competition to all
researchers at your respective institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The solicitation for the 2012 RII Track-1
competition will most probably be released during the early summer of 2012
while the solicitation for the 2012 RII Track-2 competition should be announced
this fall. However, we will continue to use the 2011 solicitations as the
basis for the four talks that will be given around the state this September
describing the process and expectations for both of these 2012
applications. The dates, times and venues for these presentations are:</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Monday, September 19, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tulsa University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>John Rogers Hall - Moot Court Room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>1:30 - 4:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tulsa, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Friday, September 23, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Oklahoma State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>101 McElroy Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>1:30 - 4:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Stillwater, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Wednesday, September 28, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Seminar Room 1030 SRTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>1:00 – 3:30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Norman, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thursday, September 29, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:17.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Southwestern Oklahoma State
University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>President’s Conference Room,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Administration Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>1:00 – 3:30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Weatherford, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Included in the attachments are the
timelines for the in-state competitions for both Track-1 and Track-2.
These are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;line-height:
12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Track-1:
Plenary Session; <b><u>Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm in room 102 ATRC
at Oklahoma State University</u></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>White Paper due
date; <b><u>Friday, January 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Oral
Presentations to the State EPSCoR Advisory Committee will take place during the
month of <b><u>February 2012</u></b> at a time convenient for the
Committee. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Track-2:
White Paper deadline; <b><u>Monday, October 10,
2011 at 5:00 pm</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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