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<p><font size=3 color=red face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:red'>There are seats still available for the 2-hour
seminar entitled "Competing for Federal Research Funding: Funding Sources
and Strategies for Writing Successful Proposals" will be presented via
TTVN on Thursday, December 9,<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>2004
from 3 - 5 p.m., BA 244.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>See
information below regarding seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=red face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:red'>If you have questions, please contact </span></font><st1:PersonName><font
color=red face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:red'>Natalie Henderson</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=red
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:red'>, 5161
or <a href="mailto:natalie_henderson@tamu-commerce.edu">natalie_henderson@tamu-commerce.edu</a>
if you have questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=red face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:red'>Natalie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The seminar is offered by the Office of
the Vice President for Research/Office of Proposal Development at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:blue'>Texas</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color=blue
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:blue'>A&M</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color=blue
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:blue'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:blue'> in partnership with the A&M System Pathways Program and the
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Federal Relations.</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>The seminar will cover: strategies
for analyzing the goals and cultures of federal agencies that fund research and
understanding how they evaluate research proposals; ways to use that knowledge
to make your proposal more competitive; information on the funding mechanisms
and cultures of specific funding agencies, including the National Science
Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Depending on audience
interest, other agencies may be discussed, including NASA, Department of
Education, Department of Energy, Department of Defense and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Questions during the seminar are
encouraged. In order to accommodate questions arising during the seminar, we
will have a phone available for calling in during the seminar. Once the call in
number is available, we will provide that to you.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:PersonName><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Natalie Henderson</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
Doctoral Degree Coordinator<br>
Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>
Graduate Studies & Research<br>
</span></font><st1:address><st1:Street><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>P O Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> 3011</span></font></st1:address><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
</span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Commerce</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>TX</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>75429-3011</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
Phone: 903/886-5161<br>
Fax: 903/886-5165<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-no-proof:yes'>The Mission of Graduate Studies and Research is to provide
leadership and direction for all aspects of graduate education and to promote
research at Texas A&M University-Commerce. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-no-proof:yes'>As a major Doctoral/Research Intensive university in the </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Northeast Texas</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> region, we are
committed to embody and model the best practices in graduate education and
research to meet the needs of a constantly changing regional, national, and
global environment. </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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