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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000">~~ Please disseminate this information with those researchers and research administrators in your department who may find it noteworthy
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:37 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RFI Opportunity_from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear CG Directors,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), reached out to
<span style="color:black">UCOP with the attached funding opportunity available for UC researchers. Please feel free to share
<a href="https://caleprocure.ca.gov/event/0650/0000030540">this RFI link</a> (attachments included) with your respective campus unit(s) to ensure any potential researchers with an interest in this type of research are aware of the opportunity.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#002060">The OPR will also be hosting a webinar tomorrow (3/28/2024) to introduce the RFI.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#002060">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit">The Zoom link and details are provided in the RFI document (see page 3 of 5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hilda <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hilda Vasquez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Research Policy Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt">Research Policy Analysis and Coordination<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of California, Office of the President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Email:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span><a href="mailto:Hilda.Vasquez@ucop.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext">Hilda.Vasquez@ucop.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Phone: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(510) 987-0632<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Website<b>:</b> </span><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/research-policy-analysis-coordination/index.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext">https://www.ucop.edu/research-policy-analysis-coordination/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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