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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> </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). Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral
researchers must include a mentoring plan as supplementary document. Just
like other proposal documents, on the same page, FastLane will provide a link
to upload the Mentoring Plan. 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. Programs Officers are including the
mentoring requirement in their solicitations where appropriate. Also see
NSF’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> </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> </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> </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
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