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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Council members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your time and the valuable discussion. My slides are attached (including some hidden slides I didn’t present).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The S&T Plan can be found here:
<a href="https://rsi.laregents.edu/program-evaluations-2/state-st-plan/">https://rsi.laregents.edu/program-evaluations-2/state-st-plan/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The RFPs for the funding opportunities can be found here:
<a href="https://rsi.laregents.edu/la-epscor-2/epscor-programs/la-next-funding-opportunties/">
https://rsi.laregents.edu/la-epscor-2/epscor-programs/la-next-funding-opportunties/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Upcoming deadlines:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IGNITE:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Seed grants for RCU faculty mentored by R1/R2 faculty: October 27. Informational webinar on
<b>Monday, October 6 at 12:30 PM</b>. To get the Zoom link, register at: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/z-X_cFwYQKqzB60bLiCNSg">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/z-X_cFwYQKqzB60bLiCNSg</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GRASS:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Graduate Student Supplements – open to all institutions, October 27.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ramu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">B. Ramu Ramachandran<br>
Interim Vice President for Research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">T.L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box 8597, Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ruston, LA 71272, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1-318-257-4304<br>
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