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class="gmail_msg" style="font-family:calibri;font-size:10.5pt">For technology that can be brought close to commercialization within a year or so with additional funding, connections, and advisory support. <b class="gmail_msg">Innovation Grants start at $50,000</b>. (The committee will consider proposals up to a <b class="gmail_msg">maximum of $150,000</b> with strong budget justification.)</span><u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg" style="padding:7.5pt 15pt"><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:0in"><div align="center" class="gmail_msg"><table class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="background:rgb(191,83,0);border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 11.25pt 7.5pt"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="text-align:center"><b class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="color:white;font-family:calibri"><a class="gmail_msg" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r9BWndg36QAzJY3FbE1PVbXFnmscMiUzAR6aRaCzgpZzTqN7nsQl_aVgfcTrDd9DibAJx-QcRua5vtx_BNJAAI19-u2j5XqcET-_pvR78hWhYM7Smc-B-3rYSnRo1-LD_z2Iafy1qBZe3DJOLrrRRQzQ9crho4U7335Y0Z-8i1g=&amp;c=xKSFcPiaVQhB9rddrFA0b8I8Y7xp8eXi-PDr7ZF7K4S-7Hj5Q-DBGg==&amp;ch=f63TT_kMH0O0RbUrDFKHIBTnkQZ-ElSZ_Gy2TDfozJXyFnGWbSH5KA==" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_msg" style="color:white;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Apply Here!</span></a></span></b><u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="text-align:center"> <u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><div align="center" class="gmail_msg"><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td width="100%" class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:0in;width:100%"><div class="gmail_msg"><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:0in"><div align="center" class="gmail_msg"><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td width="100%" class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in;width:100%"><div align="center" class="gmail_msg"><table width="94%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:94%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg" style="height:0.75pt"><td class="gmail_msg" style="background:rgb(191,83,0);padding:0in;height:0.75pt"><div class="gmail_msg"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="text-align:center"><img width="5" height="1" class="gmail_msg" id="gmail-m_5276466902134390522_x0000_i1029" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0"><u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="text-align:center"> <u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><div align="center" class="gmail_msg"><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td width="70%" class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:0in;width:70%;word-wrap:break-word"><div class="gmail_msg"><table width="100%" class="gmail-m_5276466902134390522MsoNormalTable gmail_msg" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg" valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 15pt"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="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