<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear POSC Graduate
Students,</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am writing to inform you of the
call for applications and upcoming deadline for Graduate Division's competitive
fellowship awards for 2023-24: the Graduate Research Mentoring Program (GRMP) Award,
the Dissertation Year Program (DYP) Award, and the UC Hispanic-Serving
Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative Award.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">GRMP
& DYP</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">1.</span> As in past years, the Department is
inviting applications for the GRMP and DYP fellowships. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The GRMP application is
here: <a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/GRMP_Award_App" style="color:blue">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/GRMP_Award_App</a>
</p>

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is here: <a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYP_Award_App" style="color:blue">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYP_Award_App</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications are
due <b>no later than 5:00 PM on January 23.
</b>Please note that this date is an internal POSC deadline and therefore <b><u>EARLIER</u></b> than the one listed in
the attached PDF.  The POSC Graduate
Committee will review the applications and nominate candidates to Graduate Division.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please read the
attached application guidelines thoroughly before beginning your application. The
Committee emphasizes generating <b><u>a
high-quality proposal</u></b>. Attached is advice for writing a strong
proposal. In writing your proposal, we encourage you to <b><u>prioritize the advice of the POSC
Graduate Committee</u></b>, as conveyed in the attached document, while also fulfilling
the criteria set out by Grad Division on the official online form. We strongly
encourage students to submit draft proposals to faculty advisors and
incorporate their feedback before submitting their proposals.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Also, please note
Graduate Division's <b><u>eligibility
criteria</u></b> for GRMP and DYP:</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>“Must
be making acceptable progress for a PhD student: i.e., advanced to candidacy
within 15 quarters after entry and must complete the degree by the normative
time to degree for the particular program plus 1 year at time of degree.”</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u>Normative time to
degree in our department is six years</u>.  Therefore,
any candidate who would be beyond normative time plus one year (that is, 7
years of enrollment) during their fellowship quarter would not be eligible to
apply. Here, it is important to note that each student’s total enrollment may
be counted differently if there are enrollment irregularities in their previous
history:</p>

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normative time. </p>

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toward normative time. </p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Students on half-time status are enrolled half-time, so these quarters
are counted as 0.5 instead of 1. </p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Students on leave, “Ready to Enroll” (RD) status, or Withdrawn are not
active—these quarters do not count towards normative time.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Before deciding to
apply, please calculate your own normative time eligibility correctly, based on
the above criteria.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">UC-HSI
</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">2.</span>  In addition to (and separate
from) the above, POSC will nominate one student for a new competitive award:
the UC-HSI DDI President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellow. This initiative is part of
the UC Hispanic-Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative. These Pre-Professoriate
Fellows need to have received their undergraduate degree from an HSI
institution, have advanced to candidacy and must have a demonstrated record of
advancing issues of inclusion, equity and diversity.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Again, please note
that all applications are due <b>no later
than 5:00 PM on January 23. </b>This is an internal POSC deadline that is <b><u>EARLIER</u></b> than the one listed online.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applicants must
use the following forms:</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The GRMP
application is here: <a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/GRMP_Award_App" style="color:blue">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/GRMP_Award_App</a>
</p>

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is here: <a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYP_Award_App" style="color:blue">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYP_Award_App</a></p>

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is here: <a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App" style="color:blue">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App</a>
</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">--</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Marissa Brookes</span><br></div>Associate Professor<br>Department of Political Science<br>University of California, Riverside<br>Watkins 2223<br>(951) 827-5510<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>