<div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div 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></div><div style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br></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></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p><div 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></div><div style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br>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></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p><div 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></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span><span></span><br></span></p></div></div></div></div>