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this information with those </span></i></b></p>

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administrators</span></i></b></p>

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may find it noteworthy ~~</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">SAM.Gov Registration Is Active</span></b></p>

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</span><span style="font-size:14pt">Please be advised that UCR’s SAM.gov
registration has been renewed and is now active through August 12, 2027.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Proposal and award activity, and drawdown of funds,
may resume.  </span></p>

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Those agency Program Officers and/or Grants Specialists, who previously advised
RED that the release of awards were pending UCR’s renewal in SAM.gov, are being
notified by Sponsored Programs of such re-activation to enable issuance/release of those
awards.  Principal Investigators, who
similarly may have received notification from an agency that award issuance was
pending UCR’s re-activation in SAM.gov, may similarly advise their Program
Officer.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Thank you for your patience these past few weeks
whilst awaiting such approval.</span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><img width="200" height="35" src="cid:ii_1a0597b8e3901" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;height:0.591in;width:3.3in"></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Cynthia J. Johnson</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Sponsored Programs</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#002060"></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)"> </span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><font size="1">University of California,
Riverside</font></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><font size="1">Research, Innovation, and Economic
Development</font></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><font size="1">245 University Office Bldg.</font></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><font size="1">Riverside, CA 92521-0217</font></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><font size="1">T: <a href="tel:(951)%20827-4918" value="+19518274918" target="_blank">951-827-4918</a></font></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><font size="1">F: <a href="tel:(951)%20827-4483" value="+19518274483" target="_blank">951-827-4483</a></font></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)">E: </span></i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,63,123)"><a href="mailto:cwells@ucr.edu" title="blocked::mailto:cwells@ucr.edu
mailto:cwells@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(3,63,123)">cwells@ucr.edu</span></i></a></span></font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ee0000"></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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