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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear NHERI Awardees:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please join me in welcoming our NHERI Network Coordination Office (NCO) award that was made yesterday evening by NSF:
<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1612144&HistoricalAwards=false">
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1612144&HistoricalAwards=false</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The NCO PI is Julio Ramirez, and the co-PIs are Antonio Bobet (Purdue University), Billy Edge (North Carolina State University), JoAnn Browning (University of Texas at San Antonio), and Delong Zuo (Texas Tech University). The NCO will
be setting up a meeting soon with everyone to share their plans for the NCO.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, I will be following up with all the EFs within the next two weeks to finalize year one Annual Reports and year two funding, as NSF needs to obligate these funds within the next few weeks (i.e., the reason for the early submission
of the Annual Reports). Please be available to provide any further information I may need; thank you for your assistance. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joy <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joy Pauschke, Ph.D., P.E.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Engineering for Natural Hazards & Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Directorate for Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4201 Wilson Boulevard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suite 545, Room 545.07<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arlington, VA 22230<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jpauschk@nsf.gov"><span style="color:blue">jpauschk@nsf.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone 703-292-7024<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax 703-292-9053<o:p></o:p></p>
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