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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black"><img width="624" height="75" style="width:6.5in;height:.7812in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA4D10.2D2EACA0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">January 22, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To: Members, Riverside Division of the Academic Senate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">From: Weixin Yao, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Committee on Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Re: Academic Senate Calls for 2024-2025 Grant Applications: Omnibus Research and Travel Awards (RTA + TO), Regents Faculty Fellowship Awards (RFF), Regents Faculty Development Awards (RFD), Committee on
Research Grant (CoR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Applications for the Academic Senate Research Grants can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/grants"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/grants</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Omnibus Research and Travel Award</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, all members of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate are eligible to apply. Travel Only grants are automatically awarded
at a set amount lower than the competitive awards. Award amounts will be adjusted based on budget availability. Research and Travel grants are competitive and awarded based on the quality of application and budget availability. Unsuccessful Research and Travel
applications will be awarded an equivalent Travel Only award amount. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">*COVID-19 Exceptions apply to all 24-25 Travel Grants – See Omnibus Call for mores specific examples*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regents’ Faculty Fellowships</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (RFF), only Assistant Professors are eligible to apply. This grant is competitive and awarded based on the quality of the application.
Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regents’ Faculty Development</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (RFD), only Assistant Professors who anticipate submitting their tenure files within the next two years are eligible to apply for
the Regents Faculty Development. This grant is competitive and awarded based on the quality of the application.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Committee on Research Grant</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (CoR), all tenured professors (effective July 2024) are eligible to apply. This grant is competitive and awarded based on the quality
of the application. Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please note the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A separate application needs to be filled out for each of the award types.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All application proposals should be written for a general audience.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></u></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Assistant Professors may apply simultaneously for an Omnibus Award and Regents’ Faculty Fellowships (RFF) OR an Omnibus Award and Regents’ Faculty Development (RFD) award.
<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Assistant professors
<u>cannot</u> apply simultaneously for a RFF and RFD<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A faculty member who is awarded a RFF or RFD of $5,000 or more will NOT be given an Omnibus Award.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ol>
<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tenured faculty may apply simultaneously for an Omnibus Award and CoR grant.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A faculty member who is awarded a CoR grant of $5,000 or more will
<u>NOT</u> be given an Omnibus Award</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The submission deadline for all applications is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:red">March 15<sup>th</sup>, 2024 by 11:59pm<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">No late applications will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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