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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnasfaa.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDE0NjgxNyZwPTEmdT0xMDA3MDA3NjE0JmxpPTg4NDk5ODEy%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clori.boyd%40okstate.edu%7Cd900be3f7e884060dd1f08d95677135c%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C637635891701618692%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=tdrq5gsH3KMsa0ceNTycbW60QIPZDyudvfl613Z22uE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ED
Publishes Pair of HEERF Application Notices</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Department of Education (ED) in recent federal register notices has invited institutions of higher education to apply for grant aid provided by the Higher Education Emergency
Relief Fund (HEERF) that would allow schools to address needs related to the pandemic. The first
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">notice</span></a> encourages institutions to apply for additional funds that meet certain criteria as a Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). The second
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">notice</span></a> is an invitation for schools that meet criteria under the Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Program to apply for newly available supplemental funding that will also aid in pandemic-related
expenses. Both grant programs will accept eligible applicants on a rolling basis until October 1, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FE5C00">LORI BOYD</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">119 Student Union</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FE5C00"> •
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