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<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#323130">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#323130"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white">Please find attached the RFPs for UCOP Advancing Faculty Diversity grants for this year that arrived to our campus on March 17<sup>th</sup>. Given the current budget climate, proposals that address
<i>Retention and Climate</i> are particularly encouraged this year. While the timeframe is tight, we want to send a general call out to the campus for ideas through pre-proposals.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#323130">The form for the two-page preproposal is also attached. As it indicates on the form, pre-proposals should be submitted to the Advancing Faculty Pre-proposal Evaluation Committee by
</span><span style="color:red">April 12<sup>th</sup> </span><span style="color:#323130">via </span><a href="mailto:Deborah.Greene@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Deborah.Greene@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="color:#323130"> .
Members of the Pre-proposal Evaluation Committee are Boniface Fokwa from Chemistry, Aerika Loyd from Psychology, Elodie Goodman from Business, Mariam Lam as VCDEI and Daniel Jeske as VPAP. You will be notified by
</span><span style="color:red">April 19<sup>th</sup> </span><span style="color:#323130">if your pre-proposal is selected as one of the campus proposals to UCOP, at which time there may be suggestions from the committee as to how to make the proposal more competitive.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#323130"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#323130">During development of the full proposal, it is important to ensure accuracy of statements and buy-in from the units involved. In addition, consultation with the offices of DEI and APO
is encouraged for advice on how to incorporate</span><span style="color:#201F1E;background:white"> existing resources and DEI language and programming into the proposal. Each of the RFPs includes an Appendix A that provides abstracts of previously funded
proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="color:#323130">The final full proposal must reach the Provost’s office via </span><a href="mailto:Deborah.Greene@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Deborah.Greene@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="color:#323130"> in
the VPAP’s office by </span><span style="color:red">May 17<sup>th</sup> </span><span style="color:#323130">in order that there is sufficient time to compose the Provost’s letter of submission, assemble the file and submit by the UCOP deadline of
</span><span style="color:red">May 21<sup>st</sup>.</span><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130">Dan</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">____________________________<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Daniel R. Jeske</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Vice Provost, Academic Personnel</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> & Professor of Statistics </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Acting Vice Provost of Administrative Resolution<br>
951-827-2304 phone</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:vpap@ucr.edu">vpap@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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