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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI. -Haiyan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Paul Noe <paul.noe@duke.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 9, 2020 at 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Haiyan Gao <haiyan.gao@duke.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>NSF Mid-Scale RI-1 Funding Opportunity Announcement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Dr. Gao,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Office of Campus Research Development (OCRD) would like to let you know that the
<b><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nsf.gov_pubs_2021_nsf21505_nsf21505.htm&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=V3XNY-MaMKN2LuAaTdObrA&m=9gDBF7KjdIj1RJuPl96-V6IDOPT0a2JCfgH101XbnzM&s=HNxAuRRlbQkVqV8SbjiMVZzgHjL1gxwXjhbDvWdHqJ0&e=">Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)</a></b> funding opportunity from the NSF has been reissued. Because of your previous interest in submitting a proposal to this program, we
wanted you to know that we have updated our toolkit for this funding opportunity<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> which can be accessed at the following link:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__duke.box.com_s_xd2ji5heofo4oh0b6w6z774js0ydy1vc&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=V3XNY-MaMKN2LuAaTdObrA&m=9gDBF7KjdIj1RJuPl96-V6IDOPT0a2JCfgH101XbnzM&s=_fM-xEKNbWS4l0y5RmO_wD0MZ1BYYcDgUuYfrUXePeY&e=">https://duke.box.com/s/xd2ji5heofo4oh0b6w6z774js0ydy1vc</a><span style="color:#1F497D">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have include below the broad announcement we sent for this opportunity as a reference. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about this funding opportunity or to discuss the
<b><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ocrd.duke.edu_proposal-2Ddevelopment&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=V3XNY-MaMKN2LuAaTdObrA&m=9gDBF7KjdIj1RJuPl96-V6IDOPT0a2JCfgH101XbnzM&s=BHXJT2HKZ6ij_scRvxuoKfi9bUK9qHkF8DTmF0FkYmE&e=">proposal development services</a></b> OCRD can provide to your team. We would be happy to help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The goal of Mid-scale RI-1 is the development of innovative, potentially transformative
<b>infrastructure needs</b> focusing on the most pressing scientific and societal problems of the day to enable current and next-generation U.S. researchers to be competitive in a global research environment. Examples of projects that may be supported by Mid-scale
RI-1 include but are not limited to: infrastructure that supports high-priority research experiments or campaigns, major cyberinfrastructure that addresses community and national-scale computational and data-intensive science and engineering research, major
shared community infrastructure and resources as may be required to enable community-scale research, and upgrades and/or major new infrastructure for existing facilities. Funds can also be used to support training on the infrastructure being developed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mid-scale RI-1 program is divided into the following project types:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Supports <b>acquiring, assembling, constructing, and/or commissioning</b> mid-scale infrastructure, but not construction or operations of labs/facilities or the science or operations undertaken with the infrastructure. Must be operating
by end of award period.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">$6,000,000-$19,999,999<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>over 5 years<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Intended to prepare for <span style="color:#1F497D">a</span> future implementation mid-scale range projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal">$600,000-$19,999,999<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>over 5 years<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:white">Note: Neither will fund research using these infrastructure needs nor brick and mortar to support these infrastructure needs</span>.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deadline for preliminary proposals is <b>January 7, 2021</b>. Full proposals are by invitation only and will be due April 23, 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul Noe</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Program Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Office of Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Duke University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ocrd.duke.edu_&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=V3XNY-MaMKN2LuAaTdObrA&m=9gDBF7KjdIj1RJuPl96-V6IDOPT0a2JCfgH101XbnzM&s=pf0PAtiRfPCMCn1fHqr6o8WRhhGatxJUUzpgofLKz4E&e=">www.ocrd.duke.edu</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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