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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please find attached the RFPs for UCOP Advancing Faculty Diversity grants for this year.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">We will use a pre-proposal submission and review process where project ideas are described in a short (two-page maximum) project outline. A template for a two-page preproposal is attached. Pre-proposals
should be submitted to the Vice Provost of Academic Personnel (</span><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">vpap@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">) by
</span><span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87);" class="ContentPasted0"><b>April 24th</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">.</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
A review committee will select from the pre-proposals a subset of projects for which full proposals will be invited. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">You will be notified by
</span><span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87);" class="ContentPasted0"><b>April 28th</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">if your pre-proposal is selected. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">During development of the full proposal, it is important to ensure accuracy of statements and buy-in from the units involved.</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">In addition, consultation with the offices of DEI and APO is encouraged for advice on how to incorporate</span><span style="background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0"> existing
resources and DEI language and programming into the proposal.</span><span style="background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
</span></span><span style="background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">Each of the RFPs includes an Appendix B that provides abstracts of previously funded proposals.</span><span style="background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">The final full proposal, including any necessary support letters, must reach APO via </span><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">vpap@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
by </span><span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87);" class="ContentPasted0"><b>May 22nd</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">in order that there is sufficient time for APO to submit the assembled file by the UCOP deadline of
</span><span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87);" class="ContentPasted0"><b>May 26th</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted0">.</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Daniel R. Jeske</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Professor of Statistics</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Vice Provost of Academic Personnel</span></font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><font size="2" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">President of International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics</span></font></div>
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