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One of us asked a very good question, which I should have
anticipated. Here is the transcript:<br>
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Q: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">Are you sure about the “</span><b>October 1, 2009-October
31, 2010</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);"> “ time-frame. The grant started in October 2010, or am I
wrong?<br>
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</span>A: I should have explained that. We discussed it, and it was
decided that the baseline should have a one month overlap with
LA-SiGMA. Although the grant started in October, too late to recruit
students using these funds, some of us were able to re-code some
students from other support to LA-SiGMA and this will allow them to
count those students. So, this allows us to ask questions about how
many students were supported on LA-SiGMA funds (Q. 2, for example).
This, we hope, will give us a rough idea as to how quickly we got
off the ground. I know most of us didn't really get going until
December.<br>
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B. Ramu Ramachandran
Hazel Stewart Garner Professor of Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research
College of Engineering & Science
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272, USA
Phone: 318 257-4304
Fax: 318 257-2562
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.chem.latech.edu/~ramu">www.chem.latech.edu/~ramu</a></pre>
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