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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Large Facilities Office will be holding the
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</b>This two-part webinar is expected to cover the following topic: <b>New Terms & Conditions and Major Facility Guidance (MFG) on International Collaborations and Recipient Core Competencies</b>. The sessions are tentatively scheduled to take place via Zoom
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Topic</span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">: New Terms & Conditions and Major Facility Guidance (MFG) on International Collaborations and Recipient Core Competencies
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">2021 Winter Webinar Part 1: 11:00am – 12:30pm EST -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">A draft agenda for the webinar will soon be posted on the Large Facilities Workshop Website.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">It is highly recommended that you download the Zoom application so that you can adjust your settings prior to the conference. For a full list of Zoom system requirements, please visit,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We recommend you verify the system requirements below prior to the beginning of the event:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">For those who cannot attend the webinar, all sessions will be recorded and available on-demand along with sessions presentations and a summary of the Q&A shortly after the event at the
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Office Phone 703-292-7024<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"><span style="color:blue">https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505488</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">CMMI Guidelines for REU supplements</span><span style="color:#C00000">
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