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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#454545'>The executive summary at the beginning of the attached report is interesting- nice to know someone cares about this!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#454545'>In March 2013, the National Science Board (NSB) released a Request for Information (RFI) and hosted three town hall discussions of university administrators and researchers to collect feedback on sources of administrative burden associated with federally funded research and possible solutions. The resulting report and recommendations, Reducing Investigators' Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Research, was released by the NSB last week.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>_____________________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Ora A. Weisz, PhD | Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Medicine</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Renal-Electrolyte Division | 978.1 Scaife Hall | 3550 Terrace St. | Pittsburgh PA 15261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Tel: 412-383-8891 | Fax: 412-383-8956 | Email: <a href="mailto:weisz@pitt.edu"><span style='color:blue'>weisz@pitt.edu</span></a> | website: weisz2.dept-med.pitt.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>