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this information with those researchers and research administrators in your
department who may find it noteworthy ~~</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">National Science Foundation
(NSF) IDC Rate Cap: Updated UC Proposal Guidance</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">On June 20, 2025, the
U.S. District Court for the district of Massachusetts issued a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.284307/gov.uscourts.mad.284307.77.0_1.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">decision</a> and <a href="https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/massachusetts/madce/1:2025cv11231/284307/78/0.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">order</a> in favor of the plaintiffs (including AAU and
the Regents of the University of California) who filed a lawsuit challenging
NSF’s 15% IDC rate cap policy (<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/policies/document/indirect-cost-rate" target="_blank" title="Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">NSF
Policy Notice NSF 25-034</a>). </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">The court declared NSF’s 15% Indirect Cost Rate and the
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate, NSF 25-034 to
be invalid, arbitrary and capricious, and contrary to law.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">That said, NSF reiterated
(via updated guidance posted on its website after the 6/20/2025 court order) of
its intention to retroactively apply the NSF 15% IDC rate cap policy. 
See <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities#idc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities#idc</a>.
Such updated guidance suggests that there is still a risk that NSF will attempt
to retroactively apply a 15% IDC rate to awards issued after 5/5/2025.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Updated
UC Guidance</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">For that reason, despite
the 6/20/25 court order vacating <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/policies/document/indirect-cost-rate" target="_blank" title="Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">NSF
Policy Notice NSF 25-034</a>, </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">UCOP has issued the following proposal guidance:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Campus proposals should
continue to utilize UCR’s current negotiated IDC rate <u>and</u> include the
following “reservation of rights” language in grant proposals submitted to NSF
proposals: </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">“We are submitting this application using the indirect
cost rate as stipulated in our federally negotiated rate agreement.  We
note that on June 20, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of
Massachusetts (in <i>AAU et al. v. NSF et al</i>, No. 1:25-cv-11231-IT)
granted Plaintiffs’ summary judgment motion and vacated NSF’s 15% Indirect Cost
Rate Policy (NSF 25-034).  We therefore plan to draw down in accordance
with the University’s negotiated rate. We reserve the right to challenge attempted
retroactive application of the vacated 15% IDC rate cap policy should there be
a subsequent court ruling allowing NSF to implement the rate cap policy.” </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Note: The above “reservation
of rights” language <u>replaces</u> the “disclaimer” language that was previously
suggested for use prior to the 6/20/2025 court order. (It would be best to
insert the “reservation of rights” language in the budget justification section
of the proposal.)</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Department of Defense
(DoD) IDC Rate Cap: Updated UC Proposal Guidance</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">On June 17, 2025, the
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a nationwide
temporary restraining order (TRO) in response to a lawsuit filed by AAU, APLU,
ACE, and several affected universities (including UC) challenging the 15% IDC rate
cap policy announced by DoD on 6/12/25 (<a href="https://www.cto.mil/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Indirect-Costs-Memo.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.cto.mil/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Indirect-Costs-Memo.pdf</a>). 
See, <i>AAU v. DoD</i> (D. Mass., No. 25-cv-11740).  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Following the TRO, the
DoD posted guidance on its website (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cto.mil/notice-indirect-cost-rates/__;!!Mih3wA!BJuFkXSefY1e3hJFt0f7qhrlHhnHACjG5UkEsk9jEMZuWG-t3UVjUOXXX2gadw3ttZ9HQv_M7Lo0H7-vT9C8hg$" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cto.mil/notice-indirect-cost-rates/__;!!Mih3wA!BJuFkXSefY1e3hJFt0f7qhrlHhnHACjG5UkEsk9jEMZuWG-t3UVjUOXXX2gadw3ttZ9HQv_M7Lo0H7-vT9C8hg$" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.cto.mil/notice-indirect-cost-rates/</a>).
Such guidance includes a statement of concern, because it suggests that DoD
will include terms in new grants specifying that if DoD’s 15% IDC rate cap is
allowed by the courts to go into effect, the 15% rate will apply retroactively
(i.e., for periods after June 12, 2025, even for periods during which the TRO
was in effect).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Updated UC Guidance</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">To ensure the agency
does not construe an institution’s proposal submission as an “acceptance” of
the 15% IDC rate, UCR should submit proposals to DoD using our federally
negotiated rate <u>and</u> include the following “reservation of rights”
language to explicitly reserve UCR’s right to challenge retroactive application
of the 15% rate:</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">“We are submitting this application using the indirect
cost rate as stipulated in our federally negotiated rate agreement.  We
note that as of June 17, 2025, application of the 6/12/25 Department of Defense
internal Memorandum “Implementation of a 15% Indirect Cost Cap on Assistance
Awards to Institutions of Higher Education” is temporarily enjoined, in
connection with the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued in connection
with <i>AAU v. DoD</i> (D. Mass., No. 25-cv-11740).  We
therefore plan to draw down in accordance with the University’s negotiated
rate.  We reserve the right to challenge attempted retroactive application
of the 15% IDC rate cap memo should the TRO be lifted or should there be
another court ruling allowing implementation of the rate cap specified in the
Memo.”  </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">National Institutes of
Health (NIH) IDC Rate Cap: UC Guidance</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">   </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">On April 4,  2025,
the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts issued a nationwide <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.280590/gov.uscourts.mad.280590.112.0_1.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="text-decoration-line:none">Permanent
Injunction</span></a>, enjoining NIH from taking any steps to implement, apply
or enforce the 15% IDC rate cap announced in its 2/7/25 supplemental guidance
(NOT-OD-068).  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UC Guidance</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UC is not currently
aware of any NIH statement announcing an intent to retroactively impose a 15%
IDC rate cap should the injunction be lifted.  Therefore, a “reservation
of rights” statement is neither necessary nor recommended.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UCR should proceed with
proposal submissions using its federally negotiated indirect cost rate.</span></p>

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</span><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Department of Energy (DOE)
IDC Rate Cap: UC Guidance</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">   </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">On May 15, 2025, the
U.S. District Court in Massachusetts issued a Preliminary Injunction enjoining
the Department of Energy from implementing the 15% IDC rate cap policy that had
been announced in DOE’S “Policy Flash: Adjusting Department of Energy Grant
Policy for Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) (the “Policy
Flash”).”   <i>See</i> <a href="https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Key-Issues/MemorandumAndOrderDOE.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Memorandum & Order, <i>Association of American
Universities, et al. v. Department of Energy, et al.</i>, Case No.
25-CV-10912-ADB, ECF No. 62 (D. Mass</a>.).  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UC Guidance</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UC is not currently
aware of any DOE statement announcing an intent to retroactively impose a 15%
IDC rate cap should the injunction be lifted.  Therefore, a “reservation
of rights” statement is neither necessary nor recommended.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UCR should proceed with DOE
proposal submissions using its federally negotiated indirect cost rate.</span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">IMPACT23 – Weekly Office
Hours: Kuali Sponsored Programs</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);background:yellow">Kuali Sponsored Programs Office Hours </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);background:yellow">will NOT be meeting this Thursday, July 3^rd</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;background:yellow">. 
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;background:yellow">The next meeting will resume on Thursday, July 10^th.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Please join us for
the weekly Kuali Sponsored Programs Office Hours </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">each Thursday from
9 – 9:30 a.m.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">We hope to see you there!</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Please visit </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://impact23.ucr.edu/impact23-calendar" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">https://impact23.ucr.edu/impact23-calendar</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"> for the listing of all Impact23 Office Hours,
including links to copy a ZOOM meeting to your calendar.</span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></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 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Research List-Serv</span></b></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 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Do you know of someone in your department who is not
currently registered to receive newsletters (such as this one) from the
Research listserv, but would like to?  If so, please forward their name
and email address to Cynthia Johnson at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:cwells@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">cwells@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">.</span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12pt">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></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 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Calendar</span></b></p>

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AI-generated content may be incorrect." width="387" height="186"> </span></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 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">UCR’s Office of Sponsored Programs will be closed
on Friday, July 4^th, in observance of Independence Day.</span></p>

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