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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">January 27, 2025</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To: Members, Riverside Division of the Academic Senate</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From: Rachel Wu, Chair</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Committee on Research</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Re: Academic Senate Calls for 2025-2026 Grant Applications: Omnibus Research and Travel Awards (RTA), Regents Faculty Fellowship Awards (RFF), Regents Faculty Development Awards (RFD), Committee on Research Grant (CoR)</span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">** Deadline: March 28<sup>th</sup>, 2025 by 5:00pm **</span></u></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Applications for the Academic Senate Research Grants can be found at:</span></p>
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<p><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#467886"><a href="https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/grants"><span style="color:#467886">https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/grants</span></a></span></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Omnibus Research and Travel Award Combined (RTA)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, all members of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate are eligible to apply. Research and Travel grants are automatically
awarded at a set amount lower than the competitive awards. Award amounts will be adjusted based on budget availability.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red">*Note: The new RTA application has been shortened and merged with the Travel Only application. No longer requiring a proposal narrative and budget justification.</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">*COVID-19 Exceptions apply to all 25-26 Travel Grants – See Omnibus Call for mores specific examples*</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regents’ Faculty Fellowships</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (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.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regents’ Faculty Development</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Committee on Research Grant</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (CoR), all tenured professors (effective July 2025) 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.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please note the following:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A separate application needs to be filled out for each of the award types.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All application proposals should be written for a general audience.</span></u><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Assistant Professors may apply simultaneously for an Omnibus Award and Regents’ Faculty Fellowships (RFF) OR an Omnibus Award and Regents’ Faculty Development (RFD) award.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Assistant professors
<u>cannot</u> apply simultaneously for a RFF and RFD</span></i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A faculty member who is awarded a RFF or RFD of $5,000 or more will NOT be given an Omnibus Award.</span></i><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tenured faculty may apply simultaneously for an Omnibus Award and CoR grant.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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:11.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The submission deadline for all applications is:</span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">March 28<sup>th</sup>, 2025 by 5:00pm</span></u></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No late applications will be considered.</span></p>
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