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<div>To Biology Undergraduates and First-year graduate students:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The NSF Program Announcement and
Application forms for Academic Year 2005-2006 are now available on the
foundation's Web site.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>All applicants for the 2005 competition
are required to apply electronically using the NSF's Fastlane process
available at http:www.fastlane.nsf.gov. The Guidelines for Submission
of Applications which includes instructions and deadlines information
is available at this web site. NSF no longer producing forms in paper
versions,</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>As you can see, the deadlines for
applicants vary slightly, depending upon the applicants course of
study.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF
APPLICATION:</blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">November 17,
2004:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>Life
Sciences</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">November 18,
2004:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab>Chemistry</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">November 19,
2004:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>Computer and
Information Science and Engineering</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">November&nbsp; 29,
2004<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>Social
Sciences</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">November 30,
2004<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>Physics and
Astronomy</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">December&nbsp;&nbsp;
2, 2004</font><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab><font color="#FF0000">Mathematical
Sciences</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">December&nbsp;&nbsp;
3, 2004<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab>Geosciences</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">December&nbsp;&nbsp;
9, 2004<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab>Psychology</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#FF0000">December&nbsp; 10,
2004<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab>Engineering.</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Additional NSF information are available
via the Internet: http://www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Each three-year fellowship provides a
stipend of $30,000 for 12-month tenures and a cost-of-education
allowance of $10,500 per tenure year.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Who is eligible: U.S. citizens or
permanent residents aliens of the United States at the time of
application.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The NSF welcomes application from all
qualified science, mathematics, or engineering students and strongly
encourages women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to compete
fully.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Fellowships are awarded for graduate
study leading to research-based- master's or doctoral
degrees.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thank you.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>--</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
Brima A. Wurie,<br>
Administrator<br>
Graduate Fellowship and Grant Programs<br>
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Graduate Students Office<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue&nbsp;&nbsp; Room 3-136A<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
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Phone:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>(617) 253-1958&nbsp;<br>
Fax:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>(617) 253-5620<br>
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Email :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; wurie@mit.edu<br>
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