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week 1 - Applicant Workshop at the
Houston Technology Center.
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week 2 - Application Planning
Meetings. One-on-one
meetings will be scheduled with
registered applicants to review the ETF
criteria and provide advice on preparing
their applications for submission,
either in person or via phone.
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all applicants.
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week 3 - Application Workshop at the
Houston Technology Center. This
workshop will be a detailed,
question-by-question review of the
application, with advice on answering
each question. Attendees must have
previously attended the Applicant
Workshop and an Application
Planning Meeting.
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week 5 - Gulf Coast RCIC Application
Deadline
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week 6 - Gulf Coast RCIC Review Committee
Semifinalist Selection Meeting.
Submitted application documents are
reviewed. Semifinalists selected
and invited to make presentations in
week 7 or 8.
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week 7*
- Gulf Coast RCIC Review Committee
Finalist Selection Meeting.
Semifinalists make presentations to the
Review Committee. Finalists are
selected and invited to make
presentations to the RCIC Board in week
11. Life Science
Finalists are also submitted to the
Texas Life Science Center for parallel
review, in addition to their invitation
to present to the RCIC Board.
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week 8 -
TLSC Application Deadline (RCIC forwards
life science finalist applications to
the TLSC for parallel review).
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week 8*
- Possible Review Committee
Finalist Selection Meeting for
non-life science
applications. If there are too
many finalists selected to present in
one day, the non-life science
finalists may be invited to present in
week 8.
Non-life science
applicants should reserve time for the
week 7 or week 8 meetings for an RCIC presentation.
Finalist presentation times will be
assigned when an applicant is selected
as a Finalist.
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week 11* - Gulf Coast RCIC Board Meeting.
Finalists make presentations to the Board. Applicants
will be notified if they are selected
for consideration by the State.
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week 14* -
Life Science applicants may be invited
to make a presentation to the Texas Life
Science Center Board (in Austin).
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week 14 -
State application deadline (RCIC
forwards selected applications to the
State).
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week 16* -
Presentations to State ETF Advisory
Committee (in Austin).
