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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>The Office of Research will be closed during the Winter Break (December 24, 2010 through January 2, 2011).&nbsp; Principal investigators and department administrators should be mindful of this closure when planning the submission of proposals with deadlines that fall between these dates, as well as deadlines in early January 2011.&nbsp; Should you have any questions regarding funding opportunities with proposal submission deadlines that fall during the Winter Break, please contact the Contract and Grant Officer assigned to your unit as soon as possible:&nbsp;<a href="http://or.ucr.edu/home/Staff.aspx?t=3"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://or.ucr.edu/home/Staff.aspx?t=3</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Charles Greer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></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></div></body></html>