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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Greetings all,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Two days ago, I learned about the recent NSF initiative in support of innovative collaborative efforts with international centers with focus on climate change
and clean energy. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">The Global Centers Program is a collaboration between the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/"><span style="color:black">US National Science Foundation
(NSF)</span></a>, <a href="https://www.csiro.au/"><span style="color:black">CSIRO</span></a>, the <a href="https://www.ukri.org/"><span style="color:black">UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)</span></a>, the <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/index_eng.asp"><span style="color:black">Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)</span></a>, and the <a href="https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx"><span style="color:black">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Please check the call and if interested please let me know. Upon hearing from you I will organize a meeting to brainstorm for a potential
application submission in 2024. I have contacted colleagues in Australia and believe that using our network we would be able to expand.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Thanks, and be powerful.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Katie</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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