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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">~~ Please disseminate this information with those researchers and research administrators in your department who
may find it noteworthy ~~<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#20558A">Message for NASA Grantees on Presidential EOs pertaining to DEIA and Gender Ideology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NSSC-PR-Correspondence <</span><a href="mailto:nssc-pr-correspondence@mail.nasa.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nssc-pr-correspondence@mail.nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">*** IMPORTANT - PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) NOTIFICATIONS WHICH UCR RECEIVED FROM NASA ***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#20558A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Notification re: DEIA Activities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Dear NASA Grants Community<br>
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On January 23, 2025, NASA’s Office of Procurement (OP) released a memorandum for the NASA contractor and grant community regarding Executive Order “Initial Recission of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” and the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) memorandum
“Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders.” [See attached.]<br>
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Per OP’s memo, <b><span style="color:#20558A">NASA grant and cooperative agreement recipients shall immediately cease and desist all DEIA activities required for their award.</span></b><span style="color:#20558A">
</span>This work may include but is not limited to: DEIA plan requirements, training, workshops, reporting, considerations for staffing, or any other direct or indirect grant activity related to DEIA. All grant recipients shall notify their cognizant Grant
Officer if they identify requirements within their awards that are in violation of this guidance. Your Grant Officer’s contact information can be found on your NF 1687, Notice of Award for Grant and Cooperative Agreement (NOA).
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Thank you for your work and partnership with NASA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#20558A">Notification re: Gender Ideology</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Dear NASA Grantee Community,
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<br>
On January 30, 2025, NASA’s Office of Procurement (OP) released a </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/agency-memo-defending-women.pdf?emrc=3f64db"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">memorandum
</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">for the NASA contractor and grant community regarding the Executive Order “</span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Defending
Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Governmen</span></a><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">t</span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">” and
the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) memorandum “Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women.“ [See attached.]<br>
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Per OP’s memo, <b><span style="color:#20558A">NASA grant and cooperative agreement recipients shall immediately cease and desist all activities required for their awards that promote or reflect gender ideology as defined in Section 2(f) of Defending Women</span></b>.
All grant recipients shall notify their cognizant Grant Officer if they identify requirements within their awards that are in violation of this guidance. Your Grant Officer’s contact information can be found on your NF 1687, Notice of Award for Grant and
Cooperative Agreement (NOA). <br>
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Thank you for your work and partnership with NASA.</span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#20558A">UCR GUIDANCE</span></b><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">If you are a PI in receipt of a NASA-funded grant and/or cooperative agreement and identify award requirements that may be subject to either of the above NASA notifications,
then please notify your UCR </span><a href="https://redit.ucr.edu/OrApps/RED/Staff.aspx?t=3"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">RED Officer</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> immediately.
RED will review the grant and/or cooperative agreement and, if applicable, subsequently communicate with the NASA Grants Officer on behalf of UCR. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#20558A">Note: NASA is not a named defendant under the recently granted TRO and, therefore, it is important that NASA-funded recipients review their grants and/or cooperative
agreements and promptly contact RED for guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#20558A">IMPACT23 – Weekly Office Hours: Kuali Sponsored Programs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join us for the weekly Kuali Sponsored Programs Office Hours each Thursday from 9 – 9:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><a href="https://impact23.ucr.edu/impact23-calendar"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://impact23.ucr.edu/impact23-calendar</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for the listing of
all Impact23 Office Hours, including links to copy a ZOOM meeting to your calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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