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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"></span><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Sent on behalf of Dr. Sika Zheng, Graduate Program Advisor:</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BMSC students,<br>
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Graduate Division announced today the competitive <b>Dissertation Completion Fellowship Awards (DCFA)</b> available to support students to complete their degree
<u>this current academic year</u>. They support PhD students for up to 2 quarters. Students will receive $10,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Link to apply:
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps__;!!OLyWHuc!UY2W3P7vfm6YfFCkhhIPuP-wwVCcOzsiLRyVp0cPmwwGSmV24CoSB8dzQZdC34RtwHEDyQqRVZ5EfYZpIZDVkjLh5-B0yw$" target="_blank">https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps</a></span></u><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please submit your application by September 24 for full consideration.</b> Applications require acknowledgement from your PI in their recommendation letter of your plan to graduate before summer 2025.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Division will also be sending notices for research and travel grant opportunities, with Submission deadlines of October 16.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">----------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sika Zheng, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Professor of Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Graduate Advisor,
<i>BMSC Graduate Program</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Founding Director,
<i>Center for RNA Biology and Medicine</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">University of California<br>
Riverside, CA 92521, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Office: 1-951-827-7670<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lab: 1-951-827-4525<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: 1-951-579-4118<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
<a href="mailto:sikaz@ucr.edu">sikaz@ucr.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Web:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
<a href="zhenglab.ucr.edu">zhenglab.ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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