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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>
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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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bruce A. Barnett [mailto:bbarnett@choctawnation.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 23, 2015 9:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bruce A. Barnett<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Request for Qualifications for Grant Writing Services -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Halito (Hello),<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third largest Native American Tribe in the United States, is seeking qualified grant writers for federal grants and programs. Certain materials are requested from interested grant professionals in the attached
Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The responses will be used to pre-qualify multiple grant writers. The RFQ responses will be accepted until 4:00PM Central on February 20, 2015. The attached RFQ document explains the requested materials and the process
of collecting RFQ questions and answers electronically.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your responses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Bruce Barnett, CPA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Director of Internal Audit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">529 N. 16<sup>th</sup> Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Durant, OK 74701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">580.924.8280 ext 2186<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Choctaw Nation.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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