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    Council,<br>
    <br>
    Should we apply for one? I am happy to lead the effort or perhaps
    someone<br>
    else would like to do this. We could do it as service to the
    community.<br>
    <br>
    Let me know,<br>
    Julio<br>
    <br>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>NSF 20-066 DCL on Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure
              Workshops</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:36:08 +0000</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Pauschke, Joy M. <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jpauschk@nsf.gov"><jpauschk@nsf.gov></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td>James M. Ricles (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmr5@Lehigh.EDU">jmr5@Lehigh.EDU</a>)
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jmr5@Lehigh.EDU"><jmr5@Lehigh.EDU></a>, ellen (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu">e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu</a>)
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu"><e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a>, Sanjay GOVINDJEE
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:s_g@berkeley.edu"><s_g@berkeley.edu></a>, julio ramirez
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"><ramirez@purdue.edu></a>, Joseph Wartman
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wartman@uw.edu"><wartman@uw.edu></a>, Cox, Dan (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Dan.Cox@oregonstate.edu">Dan.Cox@oregonstate.edu</a>)
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Dan.Cox@oregonstate.edu"><Dan.Cox@oregonstate.edu></a>, Stokoe, Kenneth H
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:k.stokoe@mail.utexas.edu"><k.stokoe@mail.utexas.edu></a>, Masters,Forrest
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:masters@eng.ufl.edu"><masters@eng.ufl.edu></a>, '<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chowdhur@fiu.edu">chowdhur@fiu.edu</a>'
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chowdhur@fiu.edu"><chowdhur@fiu.edu></a>, Ross W Boulanger
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rwboulanger@ucdavis.edu"><rwboulanger@ucdavis.edu></a>, Joel P. Conte
              (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jpconte@ucsd.edu">jpconte@ucsd.edu</a>) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jpconte@ucsd.edu"><jpconte@ucsd.edu></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
            <td>Jennifer A. Bridge
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jennifer.bridge@essie.ufl.edu"><jennifer.bridge@essie.ufl.edu></a>, Daniel W Wilson
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dxwilson@ucdavis.edu"><dxwilson@ucdavis.edu></a>, Greg Deierlein
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ggd@stanford.edu"><ggd@stanford.edu></a>, Tim Cockerill
              (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cockerill@tacc.utexas.edu">cockerill@tacc.utexas.edu</a>)
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cockerill@tacc.utexas.edu"><cockerill@tacc.utexas.edu></a>, Jeffrey W Berman
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jwberman@uw.edu"><jwberman@uw.edu></a>, Lomonaco, Pedro
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Pedro.Lomonaco@oregonstate.edu"><Pedro.Lomonaco@oregonstate.edu></a>, Farn-Yuh Menq
              (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fymenq@utexas.edu">fymenq@utexas.edu</a>) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fymenq@utexas.edu"><fymenq@utexas.edu></a>, Daniel W
              Wilson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dxwilson@ucdavis.edu"><dxwilson@ucdavis.edu></a>, Lelli Hose
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lellivde@ucsd.edu"><lellivde@ucsd.edu></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Dear NHERI PIs:<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">FYI…<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">NSF has published NSF 20-066 Dear Colleague
          Letter:   Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-Engineering
          Conferences
          <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20066/nsf20066.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20066/nsf20066.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click</a><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3C3D3E" lang="EN">This
            DCL covers all engineering fields supported by NSF.    With
            this DCL, NSF anticipates funding up to
          </span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#3C3D3E"
              lang="EN">10</span></strong><span style="color:#3C3D3E"
            lang="EN"> engineering research conferences (workshops)  on
            mid-scale research infrastructure.  Each conference proposal
            should have strong science and engineering drivers with the
            aim of identifying potential projects that will identify and
            address
            <i>national research infrastructure gaps</i>…Mid-scale
            projects emphasize strong scientific merit with an
            identified research infrastructure need of the research
            community at a
            <i>national needs level</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3C3D3E" lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3C3D3E" lang="EN">Joy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Joy Pauschke,
            Ph.D., P.E.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Program
            Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Engineering for
            Civil Infrastructure (ECI) 
            <a
              href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505488"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505488</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Natural Hazards
            Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Division of
            Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Directorate for
            Engineering (ENG)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">National
            Science Foundation <o:p>
            </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">2415 Eisenhower
            Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Alexandria, VA
            22314<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a
              href="mailto:jpauschk@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                style="color:blue">jpauschk@nsf.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Office Phone
            703-292-7024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#C00000">Removal of
            Deadlines for Core ENG Programs
            <a
              href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18082/nsf18082.jsp"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18082/nsf18082.jsp</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#C00000">FAQ on Removal
            of Deadlines <a
              href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18083/nsf18083.jsp"
              moz-do-not-send="true">
              <span style="color:blue">https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18083/nsf18083.jsp</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#C00000">CMMI Guidelines
            for REU supplements
            <a
              href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138772"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138772</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3C3D3E" lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3C3D3E" lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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