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<div class="">Please see below and attached NCRAC’s 2020 Request for Proposals geared towards production systems as well as the out-of-cycle funding availability for Rapid Response projects. If you have any questions please contact Dr. Morris at the below address.</div>
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<div class="">Note that the 2020 RFP requires 3 letters of support from industry not involved in the project.</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Joseph E. Morris, Professor – Natural Resource Ecology and Management (<a href="http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/" target="_blank" class="" style="color:rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration:underline">NREM</a>)</span><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Director – North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (<a href="http://www.ncrac.org/" target="_blank" class="" style="color:rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration:underline">NCRAC)</a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">339 Science II, Iowa State University</span><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ames, IA 50011-3221</span><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Telephone: 515-294-4622; NCRAC office: 515-294-5280</span><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Email:<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jemorris@iastate.edu" target="_blank" class="" style="color:rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration:underline">jemorris@iastate.edu</a>;
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