On April 17, 2007, Associate Vice President for Research Douglas Kniss announced the internal procedure for proposal submissions to the National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Education (MRSEC) initiative. Due to the highly competitive nature of the MRSEC competition, a process was created to maximize the expertise and strengths of OSU researchers and faculty. The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) will have an active role in the coordination of OSU’s MRSEC proposal submission. See the attached memo from Dr. Kniss for the detailed approach to be used for this year’s MRSEC proposal submissions.