Great Plains Region

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• Great Plains Region

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Potential Benefits

• Economic development
• Workforce development
• Attracting/Retaining Faculty
• Increased Opportunity for Funding
• Outreach to rural regions

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Collaborations

• Natural Resource Management
• Energy (renewable/sustainable)
• Climate Modeling
• Language/Cultural Preservation
• Geospatial
• Bioscience/Bioinformatics
• Nanotechnology
• CI for Education

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Needs

• Reaching Rural Communities
• Awareness raising
• Facilities
• Networking
• Computation
• Strategic Planning
• People
• Training

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Recommendations

• Track 3 for TeraGrid
• Networking to reach isolated areas
• Regional funding
• CI Centers and People