<div dir="ltr"><br>Dear RAISE faculty (assistant or associate professors):<div>in case you have not received this opportunity already. Note that RED has a limited submission deadline of Oct1.</div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>Vassilis and Amit<br><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Benjamin Stewart</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:bstewart@ucr.edu">bstewart@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM<br>Subject: [CSE Faculty List] For Early & Mid-Career Faculty: Keck Foundation, Bridge Funding Initiative<br>To: <<a href="mailto:coeprofs@engr.ucr.edu">coeprofs@engr.ucr.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:certpi@cert.ucr.edu">certpi@cert.ucr.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:coeteachers@engr.ucr.edu">coeteachers@engr.ucr.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:mselect@engr.ucr.edu">mselect@engr.ucr.edu</a>><br>Cc: Huguette Albrecht <<a href="mailto:huguetta@ucr.edu">huguetta@ucr.edu</a>>, Aimee Anaya <<a href="mailto:aanaya@engr.ucr.edu">aanaya@engr.ucr.edu</a>>, Lucy Matsukawa <<a href="mailto:lmats003@engr.ucr.edu">lmats003@engr.ucr.edu</a>>, Brandon Reese <<a href="mailto:breese@ucr.edu">breese@ucr.edu</a>>, Alberto Soto <<a href="mailto:albertos@ucr.edu">albertos@ucr.edu</a>>, Matthew Barth <<a href="mailto:barth@ece.ucr.edu">barth@ece.ucr.edu</a>>, Kelly Kraus-Lee <<a href="mailto:kelly.krauslee@ucr.edu">kelly.krauslee@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">To Assistant and Associate Professors:<div><br></div><div>See below (and attached) for information about a <i>one-time call</i> <i>by the Keck foundation</i> <i>for Bridge Funding to support early- and mid-career faculty and their graduate students</i>.</div><div><br></div><div>The RFP is attached. <a href="https://redit.ucr.edu/OrApps/RD/SearchFunding.aspx?k=2126966270" target="_blank">Here is the page for RED's limited submission</a> (due October 1st). </div><div><br></div><div><u>Questions should be directed to Kelly Kraus-Lee, UCR's Senior Director of Foundation Development</u>: <a href="mailto:kelly.krauslee@ucr.edu" target="_blank">kelly.krauslee@ucr.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Please do NOT contact the Keck Foundation directly.</b> </div><div><br></div><div><i>W. M. Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative</i>: <b>A new initiative designed to support the career trajectories of early- to mid-career faculty and their graduate students:</b></div><div><ul><li>Funding: $200,000 over 2 years per pair of faculty member and graduate student.</li><li>Limited submission: UCR may nominate 4 faculty-student pairs.</li></ul></div><div><b>Timeline:</b></div><div><ul><li>Limited Submissions due: October 1st</li><li>Limited Decisions communicated: October 6th</li><li>Proposals due to Keck: October 29th</li></ul>All best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div></div>
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