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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Graduate Students -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please be reminded that the <span style="color:black">2024-2025 CUSP Scholar application is open!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">This program, funded by the</span></b><b><span style="color:#002451"> <u><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/graduate-studies/initiatives-outreach/uc-hsi-ddi.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#002451">UC-HSI
Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI)</span></a></u>, </span></b><b><span style="color:black">provides mentoring and career development to graduate students who are interested in becoming professors and are from groups typically underrepresented in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM). All PhD students advanced to candidacy in a CNAS, Biomedical Sciences, or Bioengineering Program are welcome to apply
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhBfYUwJVNdiubxtjKEbtekVJ-8lAmhvdSGV5kvzFFYX18Yg/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhBfYUwJVNdiubxtjKEbtekVJ-8lAmhvdSGV5kvzFFYX18Yg/viewform">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow">The application deadline is December 15, 2024.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please email <u><a href="mailto:cuspbb2p@ucr.edu">cuspbb2p@ucr.edu</a></u> should you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Best regards,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Nikita McWells, MBA</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Director of Graduate Student Advising</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CUSP/BB2P Grant Executive Administrator </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">1140 Batchelor Hall | CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu">nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">| Tel: (951)827-6746</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://doodle.com/mm/nikitamcwells/book-a-time" target="_blank">https://doodle.com/mm/nikitamcwells/book-a-time</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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