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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>M E M O R A N D U M</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TO: </b>All Principal Investigators and Co-Investigators<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FROM: </b>Adolfo Benavides, Ph<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>D<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Arlene Horne, Ph<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>D<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>DATE: </b>April 10, 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>RE: </b>Research Expenditures and No-Cost Extensions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may be aware, institutions of higher education are evaluated for their research productivity based on research expenditures. Texas A&M University-Commerce is the second largest A&M System institution, yet places near the bottom
of all A&M System institutions in research expenditures. We need to change this and we are going to be putting into place different programs to increase the expenditure of grant funds on time. Our goal is for all grant funds to be expended before the end
of the grant period. If you are having difficulty reaching this goal, please work with the Project Administrators in the ORSP to provide you with options for expending the funds in a timely manner. In addition, no-cost extensions must be approved by the
Vice Provost for Research at least three months before the end of the grant period. These extensions are to be an exception and not commonplace. We highly value your work at this institution and look forward to our research expenditure rate improving dramatically
over the next year. Thank you, and should you have any question regarding this memo, please contact Dr. Arlene Horne at 5159.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Arlene<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Arlene Horne, Ph.D. | Vice Provost for Research/Dean of Graduate Studies</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chief Research Officer</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sponsored<b>
</b>Research and Graduate Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:Arlene.Horne@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">Arlene.Horne@tamuc.edu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P O Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tel. 903-886-5159 | Fax 903-885-5129 |
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext">www.tamuc.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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