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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;">Dear HDR@UCR Friends and Associates,</span><br>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">We are seeking new proposals for projects in health disparities. Proposals can be for Pilot Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research
Awards (PIC), which are aimed promoting research teams across disciplines, or for Fostering Interdisciplinary Research-early Stage Pilot Grants, which are aimed at helping emerging investigators in health disparities research. Details on these types of grants
are described on our website (</span><a href="https://healthdisparities.ucr.edu/funding-opportunities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">https://healthdisparities.ucr.edu/funding-opportunities</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">).
<b>These pilot grants can be funded up to $50,000 direct costs for a one-year project</b>. Over the past four years we have awarded over 20 pilot grants at UCR, and for this round we anticipate awarding one or two new pilot grant awards. Recently funded pilot
grants are listed on (</span><a href="https://healthdisparities.ucr.edu/grant-awards-and-research-projects" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">https://healthdisparities.ucr.edu/grant-awards-and-research-projects</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">).<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">Details on the required components of a proposal are listed here (</span><a href="https://healthdisparities.ucr.edu/first-pic-proposal-instructions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">https://healthdisparities.ucr.edu/first-pic-proposal-instructions</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">),
and we anticipate a<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><b class="ContentPasted0">submission deadline of December 1, 2022</b>. Note that all proposals are also required to also include a community engagement component, and you are encouraged to contact the
Community Engagement and Dissemination Core (Michelle Burroughs (</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><a href="mailto:michelle.burroughs@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">michelle.burroughs@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">)
or Katheryn Rodriguez (</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><a href="mailto:katheryn.rodriguez@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">katheryn.rodriguez@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">)
for help with identifying community partners for this component. <b>Faculty with an appointment in any UCR college or school are eligible</b>.</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">We encourage proposals on almost any topic that is aimed at understanding health disparities, but in this solicitation, we will be especially
interested in proposals on any of the following topics:</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">- Impacts of climate change and chronic drought with disparate health effects in underserved communities</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">- Mechanisms of the reproduction of racial ideologies that reinforce structural racism and contribute to health disparities</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">- Impacts of community-based organization activities on dissemination of health information in underserved communities</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">- Financial education and impacts in communities</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">- Environmental justice and health: Disparities in health impacts of environmental toxic exposures<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">- Information and misinformation impact on health in underserved communities</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">Applications should be submitted by email to Cristina Gonzalez (</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><a href="mailto:cristina.gonzalez@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">cristina.gonzalez@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">).
If you have any questions regarding the writing or submission of proposals please contact David Lo (</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><a href="mailto:david.lo@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="6" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">david.lo@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px">).</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px"> <span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Thank you, </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">HDR@UCR Team </span></span></p>
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