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period of time when compared to other vaccines. While the current distribution of the vaccine is still slow, it does let us see the light at the end of the tunnel. This
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We are eager to further ramp-up our research activities on campus, but we have to wait a little longer. Until the CDC, other health organizations, and the state advise us to do so, we will not be able to relax our current restrictions. We do hope that we will
start to see some new guidelines as the vaccination campaign gains momentum. Thank you one more time for all your efforts trying to keep our community as safe as possible while continuing to conduct a substantial level of research activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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This is California’s longest-running free literary event. Scheduled for Feb. 13 and Feb. 16-19, 2021, this event will now be available to the whole world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">The Mellon Foundation awarded $2.9 million for ‘Latinx Futures’.
</span></a>This is the Foundation largest grant yet to UCR and will support programs within the new Center for Latino and Latin American Studies and Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and economic development activities. The pandemic, economic crisis, racial injustice, and environmental disasters we have lived through have magnified many of the problems we still need to address in our society and put in evidence the need of a more immerse
role of the university in our community. OTP, led by Associate Vice Chancellor Rosibel Ochoa, has fully embraced this position and is leading our campus in our economic development efforts. Do not miss the link to OTP's annual report listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Genomics</span></b></a>. For more information about the Life Science incubator, contact David Pearson at
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<span style="color:#0070C0">our first tenants</span></a>! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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completed another INNOVA’R entrepreneurship training program with Know Hub Chile</span></a>! We will be working closely with this year’s winner’s to help them commercialize their technologies and access the US market.
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were created to provide guidance for UCR researchers interested in working with SARS-CoV-2 materials. Guidelines and regulations require that <b>all research projects </b>(from protein expression / analysis to working with patient samples or virus culture)
be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) prior to initiation. Researchers are encouraged to visit the three links for information regarding COVID-19-related basic science research and to contact either the IBC (<a href="mailto:ibc@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">ibc@ucr.edu</span></a>)
or Biosafety Officer</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:ehsbiosafety@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">ehsbiosafety@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">)
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Appointments and general inquires can be made by sending an email request to <a href="mailto:ORI@UCR.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">ORI@UCR.edu</span></a>.
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Review Board – Socio-Behavioral</span></a> is pleased to announce that <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5qkCofSLuB5rHJIURq2twRzQsLyTXJ1TNsVvmUFnPKQhTL-Gb14OiHWXLZCRqfm1eBJ5RpuFXWR2fbnrFIL273gtT3jNRLzZQkiH3cbkzNQL0HGzLZmJ0QqYzUzysRfMZ&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Dr.
Tuppett Yates</span></a><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5qkCofSLuB5rHJIURq2twRzQsLyTXJ1TNsVvmUFnPKQhTL-Gb14OiHWXLZCRqfm1eBJ5RpuFXWR2fbnrFIL273gtT3jNRLzZQkiH3cbkzNQL0HGzLZmJ0QqYzUzysRfMZ&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3661BD">
</span></a>(Psychology) and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5apaLm7d6k5MLTJC5kIPwFyGECqmAz7VdR2zo6nWjdj68_8L7i57JzhAapmO9GYKrqIBTWoMcAgmFfBVXd0xTFdnyn9TCh8CPPUkGxRN-pjFs69iR41veWIbw93lTMXsC&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0070C0">Dr. Jennifer Merolla</span></a> (Political Science) have agreed to serve as interim co-chairs for this committee. They will be stepping in for Dr. Derick Fay who is temporarily stepping away to serve as the acting Chair for the Anthropology
Department. Dr. Yates has been a member of the IRB since 2011, and Dr. Merolla has been a member since 2016. The IRB-SB is responsible for the review of socio-behavioral human subjects research conducted on behalf of the institution.
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Research Objectivity Committee (PRO)</span></a> is pleased to announce that <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5QgQN-0mpuOGYw8hZN47OK2gX7mUY_0up36Q8e2i3jOVLMt_WeZbMC8ZlOHfeAmtqoUsj7Q-teipkoZeFXnkG6GfEcB0075cuyhRTvTD1mRWk6_xArlkAiRnEh6GqdFW-&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Dr.
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human subjects within interactive digital media and how participatory media reframes both the ‘objectivity’ of the researcher while calling for new modes of ethnography.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Derek Burrill is an Associate Professor in UCR’s Department of Media & Cultural Studies. His research focuses on digital games, media, gender, and the body. His
first book, Die Tryin’: Videogames, Masculinity, Culture, was published by Peter Lang in 2008. His work has appeared in Modern Drama, Text Technology, Social Semiotics, and Television and New Media, as well as in anthologies such as ScreenPlay, Spirited Away,
and Resolutions 3. He earned his Ph.D. in Performance and Culture at U.C. Davis in 2001. Dr. Burrill sits on the editorial boards of Games and Culture and the Journal of Games and Virtual Worlds. He is also an active producer of digital and analog art. His
second book, The Other Guy: Media Masculinity within the Margins, is now available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and Responsibilities Matrix as a visual tool to identify who predominantly has responsibility for a given role/activity within the Life Cycle of an Award. We are pleased to announce that the Roles and Responsibilities Matrix is now completed and has been posted
on SPA’s webpage <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD59X3pYNi4zkNybPbQ1LWHOYNJBWmHzF12rxble6pIhU7fJ6c_vxpBPS2O9fL3jt1CpuJO6-3c1ltYH75t5Zfyt4CwxCH0nMNo2Ch09hsv7J35oDSoJVAG0x1RKJKGdCU8&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank">
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and not get into the weeds by adding too many details or additional responsibilities, so that this matrix would apply to a greater percentage of the campus. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Cynthia Wells, Assistant Vice Chancellor
for Sponsored Programs, at </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:cwells@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#3661BD">cwells@ucr.edu</span></i></a><i>.</i>
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members of their White House science team who will play a critical role in addressing the pandemic and advancing science-driven policy. Francis Collins will continue in his role as director of the National Institutes of Health; Eric Lander will be tapped to
lead OSTP and serve as the Presidential Science Advisor; Frances Arnold and Maria Zuber will serve as external Co-chairs of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST); Alondra Nelson will serve as OSTP Deputy Director for Science
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efforts continue across all of NSF. Within our many academic and research communities, the pandemic has created greater uncertainty in a number of areas affecting our personal and professional lives. This is particularly true for those who are early in their
careers or working at historically under-resourced institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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offers several opportunities that can help support early-career researchers, students, members of historically under-resourced institutions and others adversely affected by the pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">To everyone working in the social, behavioral and economic sciences, we thank you for your tremendous work and look forward to the many discoveries and innovations
yet to come.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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from postdoctoral researchers in any of the social, behavioral or economic science disciplines. See <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5RGmXHpxAgl88UJTKLG7k9IYsQCXopyH6U8ziMi9bcmqyTyKYLOnQuJquiy1CajGURd4QNy5sCIKagLWsKjVc0ShE9ywybPnL-ZQLrjVdXk1ZFjzZmPgUPPOqkVbW8lzjKNh6hMXvBYrh04IP0updXc1qBntR7iryOIUy1srDDQG97JtwgFFdh8olDZAUVGwqC0vLdfLDkuH006VypuFpf98BAlXNRln1zHDArh2bjIe8VdWNd2B0ppmINvgyQb2TzWBRXkwSamfZPKazkNymuEdIoIzE0XJOXYD3shU1fuPRCAU0q-lTTo1-5ihXlPG6JN5BcSj9cRsllaL-GCD_MpiIKCzpnsjb7Km-UwgUnROnZux8pB-K5w2rH6XEvabApLtSFHaab1rPLzJ7RrvV4bb71V4kN9z-5-wsVNcW_yylryMrkoczGjdQsaD0nCyrH-cVbsktOZUWQFnfF2muJqLHmLve1cyp&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">SBE
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Graduate students are an integral part of the U.S. research enterprise. Many standard research grants include supplemental funding opportunities to support graduate
students, if justified with respect to the proposed research. Such support is available in all SBE disciplines and programs, including interdisciplinary programs with other NSF directorates. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5-aLPrU7pNsNAP9lsyXJ4P-nJOapcHI868OD9YEzEe0iE2no9kfEBC7OCiQqXj7w04Kjozy5Hut2OTQebhTZegldd47OvTsFek9ZCONXtaErVS3hd_EhLKBJO8B74-84osmLt053mCe0e0sDERPQlANlPPVERbSmbA0cp3fVY87sPvGiOlX9tckfLPWdzpM0EMO0BwJQHqnlJPHWxQw5Iv-Pk4L9zpoCC3zE3voOuoR4BUDYiUPYfY3LUf8fgGMwhmPJqLlVTQnTuGbex1rYPLDLrP7X9_QlHpwgwG6dMNobQ3-ojzZfirnwQcp2dC_urixXYbrE4qfwP0z5IZxB2AMvbie_LERX7EGj7vuXgRV2qmevRO3FjellvuqnsLu-dyQS9rbtrVugRRuNKnnAWOkGXV9unx9LMLoec-o-YC80OZ9huYcs7uuIXkny5EWJz&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Contact
your program officer</span></a> for details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is available for the creation of educational sites devoted to the social, behavioral or economic sciences through the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5Xcf4bizBxDWHqCN175pOFT0Oef9zJl9yH3tHJJkXGZoHp1G2fsLmXFEo9pXaPEFloTATn-ZB5isZLa63xQmnIRGO-UBgrcRoc9tE_9H-23vY69eWctcOxMUYtO2FnbyQKlBbTyFX5F-EtUyDEaD5vJMyU0tqSFd0RqleZKepZ80vVxuGRw65KkwwOOVMeu1D6AkWaNpeSHc2mU02xMZ7BulwzZ4ot1gy9wdH0VR2z03WNg8dl6MtCwyfLSe2lkZzTLYkdEMvkoUtHsXkB4Oq9lv1gLBu27v-u1pnSQvEmZIQ3UkZq_pzvYUpR7A2LyPhVh-agLAsQHcu0rVNqYgRF5EJFzXXbD-R1984iTx7hOdtsR2Q8EfRtmUqUWj8aMZTT62jECv5nxwKwJuwFwh-0iH48hHNN0ohkvnv_ao7jS5rCruyWWWc1OutRa_kL_YpXdqKBut2HRhA-7VsuSoYvaDgVV_0WUlzEOtK0Y5RWHA=&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">SBE
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites program (SBE REU Sites)</span></a>.
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ways, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5O-bVjH3ITmxWDQGLfc8PpPrlK2AA493mRkjEAlLJ0uK5lUIKXL4WL1rvAzui2Cd_gWEjgaUp10riTMTWjYAu8yYhwWT506oMWEyxxf8Om6hqByNrsyzfEFrMZlR6E0zq_7xcVkGW5-YjaMSBVCYXy-sz6wEdqf8rLG74wP8x7hUJRxT5bx26ZbJjqSn2p-91Qc1EwJyhj89bwzgLcBT3SBtGGG0ceFAwDrRkjKF_iqnpCs6yLJoqe8T9SkXcQJnrCP1L5i7OsWlHpbMTSuCB5AKfqdyH7Z2_zvaYetBTcx40mNjT4QJ5L11M58UJceNcdDrlVKdajR8JJ3Jf9fA89opJu1BtJ8sL3xf8sFqDlOfNSK-xNAm1X46z-3Iuk2G5u_r7DZZH8j-DqsFOrth0iRVg-LVYnVD0q0YH6V8hKqwx7HoQTHLuXnlEuRLkzPC1&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">contact
your program officer</span></a><b> </b>for details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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minority-serving institutions working in any SBE discipline are invited to submit proposals. Researchers at other institutions are also invited to submit proposals if they are collaborating with scientific staff at a minority-serving institution and if their
proposal includes a focus on fostering scientific partnerships or capacity-building at those institutions. See <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5DeuZUpQymwi6GZoMvrUiOlb4iG5inOtpRCLENdtTjoOyHApGpQeDc2brtmG0M3x5VfceW-4pgwtb5g6Guf-cCodP53DAm1lLOYnRxNVB62Mw94Js_Pa1Ks9VL_xqzMB4eU4zVsGozwqbDW5p_C4eq7SWFMUYx2vAD8dpwJXPTfoZultuoIwutJIVgIv7UK8kiOr4Dwh6UNKv6GHG5gNgfWaOXp4gahITS9tkDXZRhHCbZRTAu9L6p5EEh6HV2O1asVtMd9sd7AcaflXnjagBnaqAASZeYzpwNwrohbNOoca2TlsUTYq4nl4ZOHRexMzLRcklNHzbwuvT2ZUnXY2Ck7IB9gw4EouRPgZYTjBubWJBL_i6DrjgF8_jAajUwwCBYRVoN9P7nfIbmxQBAZYLUT2dsIFlQZNE18bKcofhgn-bwUZHUU7NwEDSTYstsqilxlm_ONqrrNJKhhcEE2GCzz5VD1meIMLu&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Build
and Broaden 2.0: Enhancing Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions (B2 2.0)</span></a>
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of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research solicitation</span></a> by March 23, 2021.
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and engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The S-STEM program provides Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) with funds for scholarships to encourage and enable domestic low-income, academically talented
students with demonstrated financial need to enter the US workforce or graduate study following completion of associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees in S-STEM eligible disciplines. Recognizing that scholarships alone cannot address low retention and
graduation rates in STEM among low-income students, the program also supports the implementation and testing of an ensemble of existing effective evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities featuring: (1) close involvement of faculty in S-STEM eligible
disciplines, (2) student mentoring, (3) provisions and adaptation of activities that support student success, including the formation of student cohorts and other effective practices (e.g., student support services; professional and workforce development activities).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Track 1 projects seek to increase the participation of institutions that have never had an award from the S-STEM program or the STEM Talent Expansion (STEP) program.
This requirement applies to the institution as whole. One S-STEM or STEP award to any department or school within the institution makes the entire institution ineligible for a Track 1 award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Track 1 projects must be led by a PI who is a STEM faculty member currently teaching in one of the S-STEM eligible disciplines being pursued by the targeted Scholars
and who is also a member of the leadership and management team. The leadership and management team should also include a STEM administrator (department head or above). Faculty members from all departments or academic units involved should have a role in the
project either as Co-PIs, senior personnel, or Scholar mentors. The project team could include, if appropriate, an institutional, educational, or social science researcher to contribute to project management and help guide responses to issues raised through
formative evaluation. This additional researcher cannot take the place of the external evaluator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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IHE (as described under the eligibility section) can submit a Track 2 proposal, whether or not the institution has received prior S-STEM or STEP awards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and who is also a member of the leadership and management team. The leadership and management team should also include a STEM administrator (department head or above). Faculty members from all departments or academic units involved should have a role in the
project either as Co-PIs, senior personnel, or Scholar mentors. The project team could include, if appropriate, an institutional, educational, or social science researcher to contribute to project management and support evidence-based responses to items raised
by the external evaluator through formative evaluation. This additional researcher cannot take the place of the external evaluator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Track 3 (Inter-institutional Consortia) projects support multi-institutional collaborations that focus on a common interest or problem. For example, a collaboration
among community colleges and four-year institutions may focus on issues associated with successful student transfer from 2-year institutions to 4-year programs. In another example, a multi-institutional collaboration may focus on investigating factors, such
as self-efficacy or identity, that contribute to the success or degree attainment of domestic, low income students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Track 3 projects have the same overall goals as Track 1 and 2 projects but seek to accomplish these goals at a very large scale by leveraging multi-institutional
efforts and infrastructure. In addition to the goals stated in section II.B for all tracks, Track 3 projects are expected to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in terms of number of scholarships as well as in the infrastructure established to serve low-income students;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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development that are appropriate and tailored to the target population of low-income students, STEM faculty, and different types of institutional contexts;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Collaborative Planning projects provide support for groups of two or more IHEs and other potential partner organizations to establish fruitful collaborations, increase
understanding of complex issues faced by low-income students at each institution, establish inter-institutional agreements when necessary and develop mechanisms for cooperation in anticipation of a future Track 3 proposal that will benefit all institutions
and their Scholars as equal partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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submitting an Inter-institutional Consortia S-STEM proposal. It is expected that proposers will be ready to write and submit this Inter-institutional Consortia proposal within 1-2 years of receiving a Collaborative Planning grant award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">February 11, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Agency Deadline for Nominations:
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5dukVv_1NC0bXglRceu3Z6rNPw6eBxFBOT8TmSgHI5s_QUTkEDdwg_r1YWOKs_ZSlvPZ7Xd4Yn_j1zmZGUYhozt5J6w884efI9mlGd7tI32SDreDZJ-z7s5cew94DVTXk&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21553/nsf21553.htm</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">As a part of the Quantum Leap, QuIC-TAQS research efforts are expected to explore highly innovative, original, and potentially transformative ideas for developing
and applying quantum science, quantum computing, and quantum engineering in the specific area of quantum interconnects. In addition, these efforts will contribute to training the next generation of a highly skilled workforce. The program serves to support
the process for bringing these ideas into reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The challenge in achieving quantum connected modules requires advancing basic principles and developing devices with controls and protocols. Proposed activities
should explore new concepts involving quantum methods, algorithms, and/or materials that exploit quantum phenomena and enable novel efficient devices, circuits, and/or system architectures. The activities should be designed to accelerate fundamental understanding
of the physical, chemical, biological, computational, or information-theoretic mechanisms that underlay the transfer of quantum information. To achieve these goals, a variety of approaches for generation, processing, communication with, and sensing of quantum
states could be considered, including modeling, analysis, and computational simulations. Where appropriate, the proposed activities should include validation and verification through measurement, experimentation, and/or device demonstration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Research topics of interest include all aspects of quantum interconnects. These range from quantum interconnects for modular quantum processors and computers, the
quantum internet, quantum enhanced interconnected sensors and integrated quantum photonic platforms. In addition, research into quantum interconnects between various quantum systems and atomic/photonic, atomic/atomic and photonic/photonic interconnects is
of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Internal Deadline:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">April 22, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Agency Deadline for Nominations:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">May 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Agency Application Instructions:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhOJSBBwDAaawxzDDAgPQ1wdm5NINaz3gfsKDW7A3kwFUCmtCQctsNq6IAwFqzqIeJOiynee9pkHFL2OKMI8bqqKHUR28b0sTwp8y5HWoNmjPeoidgZcSx6XMRaWW0RZrotmd4KueNmaSeLSJAJA2nRFGP6JXjg4vg_9zq8qgbFhmf7k8zZBGTNK9TlMEeFFhPAk4Egj2MJwkK_ih-FtzBUXQKgtcFgZKgZk9TqLnCK7eAKrsi6oh1A4siGAYsoxdF7CCKwRYJgZZMcbz8xjL-Qw7wLa-H2B1VETHKnd8gxDB&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/program-details?utm_campaign=2021-01-12+Biomed+scholars+update&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Candidates must meet all of the following eligibility requirements: Hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">As of Sept. 1, 2021, hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor. (Appointments such as research assistant professor, adjunct assistant
professor, assistant professor research track, visiting professor, or instructor are not eligible).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Must not have been appointed as an assistant professor at any institution prior to June 14, 2017, whether or not such an appointment was on a tenure track.
Time spent in clinical internships, residencies, in work toward board certification, or on parental leave does not count as part of this four-year limit. Candidates who took parental leave should contact Pew’s program office to ensure that application reviewers
are aware of their circumstances<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Please note that eligibility criteria have been temporarily expanded to account for COVID-related lab shutdowns and research disruptions. Please direct
any questions to the program office at <a href="mailto:scholarsapp@pewtrusts.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#403F42;text-decoration:none">scholarsapp@pewtrusts.org</span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">May apply to the program a maximum of two times. All applicants must be nominated by their institution and must complete the 2022 online application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">If applicants have appointments at more than one eligible nominating institution or affiliate, they may not reapply in a subsequent year from a different
nominating entity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">May not be nominated for the Pew Scholars Program and the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research in the same year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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This program does not fund clinical trials research. Strong proposals will incorporate particularly creative and pioneering approaches to basic, translational, and applied biomedical research. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles but who
bring in concepts and theories from more diverse fields are encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Ideas with the potential to produce an unusually high impact are encouraged. Selection of the successful candidates will be based on a detailed description of the
work that the applicant proposes to undertake, evaluations of the candidate’s performance, and notable past accomplishments, including honors, awards, and publications. In evaluating the candidates, the National Advisory Committee gives considerable weight
to evidence that the candidate is a successful independent investigator and has published significant work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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questions concerning eligibility, please contact Kara Coleman, project director, Pew Biomedical Programs at 215-575-4925 in advance of applying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Grant agreements will be issued in August of the award year. The awarded funds may be used at the discretion of the Pew scholar, for personnel, equipment, supplies, or travel directly related to the scholar's research and as to best advance his or her research
and career.The amount of the award that may be used for the principal investigator’s salary is limited to $12,500 per year (including benefits) or $50,000 over the duration of the grant. There are no limits on student or postdoctoral salaries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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(which are not restricted to the specific aims proposed for this award). However, Pew provides flexible support to the general research aims of the scholar and does not require effort reporting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Riverside Biomedical Research Initiative (CUBRI) Request for Applications (RFA) for Pilot Grants Supporting Innovative Collaborations in 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Great advances in biomedical research are often started through unexpected collaborations. The City of Hope
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">UC Riverside Biomedical Research Initiative (CUBRI) is created to build such partnerships
between investigators at UC Riverside and the City of Hope. Supported by a generous gift, this initiative aims to foster collaborative research by funding pilot projects of one year duration to leverage innovative ideas into improved treatments for patients.
Each project requires two Principal Investigators (PIs), a tenure</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">track faculty member from
UC Riverside and one from City of Hope, to jointly conceive, conduct and oversee the joint project at both institutions. As part of the collaboration, a project can dedicate and share graduate students or postdoctoral fellows to carry out the proposed studies.
Support of up to $100,000 per project is provided for one year with $50,000 (minus up to 10% indirect costs) awarded to each partner at their home institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">UC Riverside Biomedical Research Initiative is being administered jointly by Lee Xu, M.D.,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Please email the application as a single pdf attachment to both Lee Xu (<a href="mailto:lihuixu@coh.org)" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">lihuixu@coh.org</span></a>)
and Kathryn Uhrich (<a href="mailto:cnasdean@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3661BD">cnasdean@ucr.edu</span></a>). Applications will be reviewed and selected for funding on a competitive basis by a selection committee consisting of reviewers from
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faculty member at their home institution </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"> UC Riverside or City of Hope
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"> and may submit no more than one application.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">A title page with the title of the proposal, the PI from each institution (must be tenure</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">track
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contribute to the project, and how the project requires collaboration between these two PIs and the two campuses. This part of the proposal is limited to 2 pages (using no less than single spacing and a 12point font), should include all figures, tables and
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Approval for purchase of equipment will be decided on an individual basis following review and selection for funding.
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to what we can achieve together for the benefit of patients facing life</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#403F42">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">threatening diseases
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement explores how the fundamental democratic and academic principles of free speech and civic engagement should
enrich the discovery and transmission of knowledge in America’s colleges and universities. We are now accepting applications for our 2021-2022 Fellows Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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dialogue and further diversity and inclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We are focused on projects that enhance our understanding of how free speech is -- and can be practiced -- as well as how to foster civic engagement in American higher education. For more information about the work of previous fellows,
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and connections throughout the 10-campus UC system as befits their research. Fellows are encouraged to seek out opportunities to interact with UC students and faculty and organize or participate in campus activities directed at furthering awareness and engagement
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Applications are due by Friday, March 5 at midnight. If you have questions, please feel free to contact <a href="mailto:freespeechcenter@uci.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">freespeechcenter@uci.edu</span></a>.
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development of future workplace activities and technologies,” says NSF Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division Director Marc Sebrechts, “We urge our scientific community to come together with their colleagues in other disciplines to develop research proposals
that focus on understanding the future of work in ways that will benefit individuals and communities across the U.S.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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at the frontiers of science and engineering. The effort takes a multidisciplinary approach by supporting research at the intersection of people, society and technology, while aiming to increase opportunities for workers and spur innovations that benefit the
U.S. economy. It is a collaborative effort with NSF’s directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Education and Human Resources, Engineering, and the Office of Integrative Activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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from the social, behavioral and economic sciences should collaborate with researchers in computer science, engineering and learning sciences to investigate the potential impacts of technological innovations and disruptions. The solicitation invites proposals
for planning grants and research grants, as well as new and larger transition-to-scale awards that can create a novel and extended knowledge base applicable to future workplaces. Proposals must also address inclusion and equity in a meaningful way, including
potential inequalities in future workplaces or occupations. Proposals should include methods to mitigate those inequalities, such as new approaches to learning or technologies that support accessibility and inclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330041</span></a> for details.
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scientific and/or computational approaches to test hypotheses about the relationships within the microbiome, and among the microbiome, the host, and the environment. Projects may develop new computational, mathematical, or experimental tools, and models, to:
i) explain function and interactions in natural, experimental, and model microbiomes; ii) elucidate the chemical and molecular mechanisms that underlie communication between the host and the microbiome and among the members of the microbiome; and/or iii) comparatively
analyze characteristics of microbiomes to discover emergent properties that provide insight into the behavior of living systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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across different spatial, complexity (e.g., molecular, cellular, organismal, population), and/or temporal scales (from sub-second to geologic).URoL:MIM projects must be novel and innovative inmore than onediscipline (e.g.,biology, chemistry, computer science,
engineering, geology, mathematics, physics, social and behavioral sciences).They must also incorporate best practices regarding protocol documentation, sample selection, data collection and analysis, as well as data sharing and accessibility. URoL:MIM projects
must provide workforce development and/or innovative undergraduate or graduate education opportunities that increase the pipeline for MIM in higher education and train the next generation of microbiome scientists. Projects should benefit society through engagement
of the public and/or enhancement of K-12 STEM education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop
the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas, through a comprehensive traineeship
model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. Proposals are requested that address any interdisciplinary or convergent research theme of national priority, as noted above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The NRT program addresses workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity building needs in graduate education. The program encourages
proposals that involve strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science centers, and academic partners. NRT
especially welcomes proposals that include partnership with NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) and leverage INCLUDES project efforts to develop STEM talent from all
sectors and groups in our society (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019htlyRKmddf4da9d49hYYBATeaup5jENbgmFYjYKgXjQdtfzO7QmhKttE6IS3zD5Afhq4vENaQtCgi0chrRpynWedBv3SHm_0QsiJpNU8Ho6ph5RHfHZukJBr4IZuUG49-dEWgmgDo9PHHPxB1uGofhcoJwvrAGyWpOOSgC_8d0ZYBAqmRu5dWdLawsiNipHdwkE35Iqtbw=&c=vFo9RO-PVpQw51roBVh33wgx-stM9gljFEJ1wJju992NgM7KNygNUw==&ch=pYAytS0vS3-HtNAWJ6m_1kulUvFgEVzkZ3HIyAXiXUSyetS6n5ViLg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/includes.jsp</span></a>).
Collaborations between NRT proposals and existing NSF INCLUDES projects should strengthen both NRT and INCLUDES projects.
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<span style="color:#0070C0">https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504739</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">The purpose of this interagency collaboration between the NSF and the NIH is to support the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer
and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, and behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. Transformations hinge on scientific and engineering innovations by interdisciplinary
teams that develop novel methods to intuitively and intelligently collect, sense, connect, analyze, and interpret data from individuals, devices, and systems to enable discovery and optimize health. Solutions to these complex biomedical or public health problems
demand the formation of interdisciplinary teams that are ready to address these issues, while advancing fundamental science and engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0070C0">https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505536</span></a> for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the Data Revolution (HDR) Big Idea</span></a> is a national-scale activity to enable new modes of data-driven discovery that will allow fundamental questions to be asked and answered at the frontiers of science and engineering. In 2019, the HDR Big Idea launched
three parallel efforts in pursuit of these aims: Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering (I-DIRSE), HDR: Transdisciplinary Research In Principles Of Data Science Phase I (HDR TRIPODS Phase I), and Data Science Corps (DSC).
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the data revolution at the local, state, and national levels to help unleash the power of data in the service of science and society. The Data Science Corps will provide practical experiences, teach new skills, and offer learning opportunities in different
settings. This solicitation prompts the community to envision creative educational pathways that will transform data science education and expand the data science talent pool by enabling the participation of undergraduate and Master’s degree students with
diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills, and technical maturity in the Data Science Corps. These activities are envisioned to be inherently collaborative, with a lead organization and one or more collaborating organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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