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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Request for Proposal</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Sustainable Energy Center of SDSU-IV requests a two-page proposal to fund projects broadly related to energy research that benefit, or are tied to the Imperial Valley in Southern California. There is a total of $75K to fund 3 or 4 projects. The fund can be used to compensate students working on the project, to cover local transportation to Imperial Valley, and to purchase equipment for the research. Please submit your two-page proposal with a third budget page to Araceli Saucedo, <a href="mailto:asaucedo@sdsu.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none'>asaucedo@sdsu.edu</span></a> before noon, August 31, 2018 for full consideration. Funding will be available for winning projects before the end of October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Evaluation Criteria</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1. Creativity, originality of the project, and its broader impact, (40 points)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>2. A plan for carrying out the proposed activities in Imperial Valley (20 points)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>3. Qualification(s) of the individual or team members, (20 points)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>4. Student involvement, (10 points)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>5. SDSU and SDSU-IV faculty collaboration, (10 points)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>==<>==<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>