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<p class="MsoNormal">The Council on Undergraduate Research has launched a crowdfunding site. See the details at:
<a href="http://multibriefs.com/briefs/cur/OfficiallaunchofCREU.pdf">http://multibriefs.com/briefs/cur/OfficiallaunchofCREU.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you or your students use this, please share the information with me for a presentation that I am going to do soon. Especially if you develop institutional policies that address crowdfunding. Thank you!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://strongmail1.multiview.com:80/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2122981&messageid=2122981&databaseid=Mailing.DS122981.2122981.106983&serial=17318038&emailid=lmason@osrhe.edu&userid=61778044&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2082&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=54bea1a7b325d" target="_blank"><span class="articletitle"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none">Official
Launch of CREU — Crowdfunding Research Experiences for Undergraduates!</span></b></span><span style="text-decoration:none">
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<span class="articlesource"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">CREU</span></b></span>
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<span class="articledescription"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What is CREU?
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<span class="articledescription">CREU is a Web-based crowdfunding platform for undergraduate research that can be found at
<a href="http://strongmail1.multiview.com:80/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2122981&messageid=2122981&databaseid=Mailing.DS122981.2122981.106983&serial=17318038&emailid=lmason@osrhe.edu&userid=61778044&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2083&&&http://creu.tilt.com">
http://creu.tilt.com</a>. Potential research projects from any nonprofit two or four year U.S. institution can be posted to the site in order to accept donations.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9486 desk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-706-8757 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9230 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu"><span style="color:blue">lmason@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/"><span style="color:blue">www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Do not be afraid to give your time to writing grant proposals. Time given to planning proposals is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that
our research, our programs, our collaborations and indeed our whole profession may become more profoundly significant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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