We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Karki's ITR NSF grant has now been approved for funding.

The information about the grant is as follows:

Title: Virtual Laboratory for Earth and Planetary Materials Studies
PI: Bijaya B. Karki (Louisiana State University)
Other Institutions: University of Minnesota (Lead PI), Indiana University, University of California Santa Barbara, SUNY at Stony Brook and Florida State University
Award Amount: $100,000
Total Award Amount: $2.8 million
Award Duration: 4 years from September, 2004
Program: ITR for National Priorities

Note: This is the third NSF grant attained by Professor Karki which includes the NSF CAREER grant.