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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please forward to faculty who will recruit students for the summer 2015 program.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Deadline Date –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">March 1, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Grant Resource
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">– Oklahoma EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<b>Category</b> – Research Experience for Undergraduates: Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Biobased Products and Energy Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Description –
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">The new NSF REU program titled “Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Biobased Products and Energy Development” is hosted under the auspices of the Biobased Products and Energy Center at
Oklahoma State University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Participating students will:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Learn about the scientific processes and procedures required to conduct bio-products and bio-energy research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Understand the importance of an interdisciplinary environment in developing bio-products and bio-energy production systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Explore the role of bio-product and bio-energy research in a global society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Develop professional skills that are necessary for a successful career<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Discover graduate studies and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related disciplines, specifically
those related to bio-based products and energy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Size of Grant -</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> $4,500 Stipend + $720 meals + transportation costs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cost Sharing or Match –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> No
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Web -
</span></b><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.reu.bioenergycenter.okstate.edu/Application">http://www.reu.bioenergycenter.okstate.edu/Application</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></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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