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\textbf{Purpose:} I might be able to do good research (see \cite{amau}).\\
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\textbf{Background:} I might be able to do good research.\\
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\textbf{Hypothesis:} I might be able to do good research.\\
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\textbf{Research Plan:} I might be able to do good research.\\
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\textbf{Intellectual Merit:} I might be able to do good research.\\
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\textbf{Broader Impacts:} I might be able to do good research.\\
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\bibitem{amau} Maurer, Andrew B. \emph{\LaTeX \ Template for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research fellowship Program}.
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