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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.2in"><i>This letter is sent on behalf of Provost Michael T. Brown. For your convenience, the text of the letter is below. The signed letter is attached as a pdf.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.2in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Office of the President is pleased to announce the
<b>2022-23 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the UC-HBCU Initiative.</b> This systemwide initiative is designed to assist UC faculty interested in developing and encouraging efforts to achieve a more inclusive educational environment of excellence. The goal of
the UC-HBCU Initiative is to increase the number of scholars from Historically Black Colleges and Universities completing UC academic doctoral programs. UC faculty grants are available to support HBCU students conducting summer research with UC faculty at
a UC campus; and also support departmental efforts to facilitate greater faculty collaboration between UC and HBCU institutions, strengthen UC programs and to increase applications from HBCU scholars to UC PhD programs. Small Research Grants<b> –
</b>Grant awards up to $50,000, are also available to be used for research projects designed to improve inclusion and the experience of UC-HBCU students generally, and Black students in particular, enrolled in UC PhD programs. Please see the RFP for more information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Since 2012, UC has hosted 817 HBCU scholars across all ten UC campuses.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There are currently 89 PhD students and two master’s students enrolled across ten UC campuses as a direct result of this Initiative (nineteen PhD and eighteen master’s students have graduated; 37% of the PhD recipients
hold tenure track faculty appointments). As you know, building relationships and cultivating greater enrollment of HBCU scholars at UC is a long-term investment.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please share the information below with faculty on your campus and encourage them to apply.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/uc-hbcu-initiative/faculty-grants/index.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2022-23 UC-HBCU Initiative - Call for Proposals (pdf)</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/uc-hbcu-initiative/faculty-grants/application-instructions-and-templates/index.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2022-23 UC-HBCU Initiative - Application Instructions & Forms</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/uc-hbcu-initiative/faculty-grants/uc-faculty-applicant-webinar/index.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Faculty Applicant Webinar</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Information on HBCUs, including links to lists and contact information
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/uc-hbcu-initiative/_files/faq.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Frequently Asked Questions (pdf)</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/uc-hbcu-initiative/_files/faculty-grants/applicant-information-tutorial.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applicant tutorial</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Initiative is in direct support of Appointment and Promotion review and appraisal criteria as established in the Academic Personnel Manual: APM 210 -
</span><a href="https://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-210.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-210.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. This effort also supports
the University of California Diversity Statement, adopted as policy in 2007, by the UC Regents. Thus, I want to be sure faculty are made aware of this important opportunity. I appreciate your attention and assistance on behalf of this Initiative.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:247.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Michael T. Brown, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:247.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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