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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Beginning in April 2010,
FastLane will check for the mentoring requirement of the America COMPETES Act
(ACA).&nbsp; Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral
researchers must include a mentoring plan as supplementary document.&nbsp; Just
like other proposal documents, on the same page, FastLane will provide a link
to upload the Mentoring Plan.&nbsp; If the Postdoc line in the budget is
greater than zero and the mentoring plan is not included, FastLane will not
allow the proposal to be submitted.&nbsp; Programs Officers are including the
mentoring requirement in their solicitations where appropriate.&nbsp; Also see
NSF&#8217;s Grant Proposal Guide GPG Chapter II.C.2.j for the types of
information appropriate for submission in this section, as required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Charles E. Greer, Jr.</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Research</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Office of Research</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>University of California, Riverside</span></i></b><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Riverside, CA 92521-0217</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>T: 951-827-3093</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>F: 951-827-4483</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>E: </span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="mailto:charles.greer@ucr.edu"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'>charles.greer@ucr.edu</span></i></b></a></span><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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