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color=red face=Shruti><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Shruti;
color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>TTVN Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Instrumentation Programs<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Presented by the A&M-System<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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color=red face=Shruti><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Shruti;
color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Thursday, November 30, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5
color=red face=Shruti><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Shruti;
color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>10 – 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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color=red face=Shruti><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Shruti;
color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Location: Education South,
Room 101<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Shruti><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Shruti'>This 1 ½ hour seminar will cover
federal programs that fund instrumentation, including NSF’s Major
Research Instrumentation program, NIH’s Shared Instrumentation Grants,
DoD’s Defense University Research Instrumentation Program and others. The
seminar will cover agency expectations and competitive strategies and will also
include a discussion and Q& A session with Dr. Eugene Billiot
(TAMU-Corpus Christi), who has won several NSF Major Research Instrumentation
grants. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Shruti'>For a list of programs that fund
instrumentation, see the TAMU Office of Proposal Development webpage on
instrumentation programs at <a
href="http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/funding-opportunities-by-category/instrumentation-and-equipment"
title="http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/funding-opportunities-by-category/instrumentation-and-equipment">http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities<span
title="http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/funding-opportunities-by-category/instrumentation-and-equipment">/</span>funding-opportunities-by-category/instrumentation-and-equipment</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Shruti'>There is <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>no registration fee</span></b> but registration is required. Please send
the following information to Ann Wallingford at <a
href="mailto:a-wallingford@tamu.edu" title="mailto:a-wallingford@tamu.edu">a-wallingford@tamu.edu</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Shruti><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Shruti'>If you have questions, please contact Ann Wallingford at
(979)458-6010, A&M System Office or <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Natalie
Henderson</st1:PersonName> at 5161 or <a
href="mailto:natalie_henderson@tamu-commerce.edu">natalie_henderson@tamu-commerce.edu</a>,
A&M-Commerce.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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