<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Studentdeancnas</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:studentdeancnas@ucr.edu">studentdeancnas@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 10:57 AM<br>Subject: Identifying undergrads - Digital Ag Fellowship program<br>To: Bpschair <<a href="mailto:bpschair@ucr.edu">bpschair@ucr.edu</a>>, Patricia S Springer <<a href="mailto:patricia.springer@ucr.edu">patricia.springer@ucr.edu</a>>, Gordon Love <<a href="mailto:gordon.love@ucr.edu">gordon.love@ucr.edu</a>>, David Volz <<a href="mailto:david.volz@ucr.edu">david.volz@ucr.edu</a>>, Joel Sachs <<a href="mailto:joels@ucr.edu">joels@ucr.edu</a>>, Rick Redak <<a href="mailto:richard.redak@ucr.edu">richard.redak@ucr.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:fred@math.ucr.edu">fred@math.ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:fred@math.ucr.edu">fred@math.ucr.edu</a>>, Yehau Li <<a href="mailto:yehuali@ucr.edu">yehuali@ucr.edu</a>><br>Cc: April Meinzer <<a href="mailto:april.meinzer@ucr.edu">april.meinzer@ucr.edu</a>>, Deborah A Terao <<a href="mailto:deborah.terao@ucr.edu">deborah.terao@ucr.edu</a>>, Sherice Underwood <<a href="mailto:sherice.underwood@ucr.edu">sherice.underwood@ucr.edu</a>>, Wendi Tapia <<a href="mailto:wendi.tapia@ucr.edu">wendi.tapia@ucr.edu</a>>, Melissa Gomez <<a href="mailto:melissa.gomez@ucr.edu">melissa.gomez@ucr.edu</a>>, Studentdeancnas <<a href="mailto:studentdeancnas@ucr.edu">studentdeancnas@ucr.edu</a>>, Rachel Alvarez <<a href="mailto:rachel.alvarez@ucr.edu">rachel.alvarez@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#7030a0">Dear Department Chairs/FAO’s: Please distribute the below message to your faculty to disseminate to their students who may be interested in this fellowship opportunity? Thank you. Connie<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">I’m writing to bring your attention to a great fellowship opportunity for undergraduate students who are interested in environmental science, agriculture, and sustainability. Please encourage
eligible students to apply! (Details below in text of email sent to students a week ago.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Subject: You’re Invited to apply for $12000 - $20000 Digital Agricultural Fellowship Program (Due 8/24/22)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Dear UCR STEM Student,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">You are invited to apply for a new and exciting fellowship opportunity beginning Fall 2022 at UC Riverside. The Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Agriculture [AI4SA] program was established
by a<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/06/22/ucr-wins-10-million-develop-ai-sustainable-agriculture" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#954f72">$10M
USDA-NIFA</span></a></span><span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">grant and is looking for up to eight (8) highly motivated
UCR STEM undergraduates to accept in our </span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">15-month<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Digital Agriculture Fellowship</i></span></b><span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">(DAF)<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">program. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Deadline<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:red">August 24, 2022 @ 1159pm</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124">.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Students will begin by participating in the DAF Program Fall 2022 , followed by paid research fellowship with their assigned Faculty-Mentors, all while receiving professional development, seminars,
career exploration, graduate prep, additional paid research and/or externship opportunities next summer. Students will also have the opportunity to attend and participate in a prestigious all-expense paid trip to the sustainable agriculture conference Fall
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">For more information: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://ai4sa.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#548235">AI4SA WEBSITE</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#548235">
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">Details 15-month fellowship:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Paid academic year fellowship (9-months @ 12 hrs/wk)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">- $7020 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Paid 10 Week Summer Research RISE Program (2023) -<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">$5000</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto">You will paired with one of eight<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://ai4sa.ucr.edu/people" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">UCR CO-PIs</span></a><span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span>for
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Fellowship benefits include: professional development, seminars, career and grad prep</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Also, you are eligible to apply to other PAID Summer Externship Opportunities w/Industry Partners -</span><span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">$7,000</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Fully funded travel to Sustainable Agriculture Conference (November 2023) valued -<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">$1500-$2000</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue">Eligibility Criteria:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Undergraduate students should be in their sophomore, junior year or senior year (seniors must be graduating<span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span><b>not earlier than</b><span class="m_5910319282619007867apple-converted-space"> </span>Fall
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Entomology, Plant Biology, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering *(focus on
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Must be U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident per USDA grant guidelines</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Divisional Dean of Student Academic Affairs </span><span style="color:#201f1e"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Associate Professor of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology</span><span style="color:#201f1e"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director of CNAS Science Ambassadors</span><span style="color:#201f1e"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)</span><span style="color:#201f1e"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="color:#201f1e"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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