<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">Dear postdoctoral community,</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">Happy New Year!!</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br></span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; ">We wish you a great year ahead, full of successes and one of them could be winning the UCR Annual Award for Postdoc Excellence! </div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><br></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; ">This is a reminder that t<span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">he deadline is </span><b style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">January 16th</b><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">.</span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><img src="cid:ii_lr6pbzwa0" alt="image.png" width="510" height="140"></div><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">Information can be found on the Grad Success website (</span><a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/funding" target="_blank" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-size:14.6667px">https://graduate.ucr.edu/funding</a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">) and the application form here (</span><a href="https://form.jotform.com/230466432058959" target="_blank" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">https://form.jotform.com/230466432058959</a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">) </span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">UCR Postdoc Awards for Excellence</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">As UCR continues to grow, as does our postdoc community. These individuals are an integral part of our research efforts and frequently play important roles as mentors, teachers and links to our communities. A focused and productive postdoctoral scholar is a key component of many research facilities conducting skilled experiments, technical support in the lab and field and providing graduate students with near-peer mentorship. This part of the UCR community should be celebrated. Therefore, in partnership with the Riverside Postdoctoral Association (RPA), the Graduate Division and the Office of Research would like to recognize our postdoctoral scholars with a new set of awards aimed at recognizing excellence in research, mentorship and service.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"> The Graduate Division, the Office of Research and the Riverside Postdoc Association is pleased to announce the call for the first annual Postdoc Awards for Excellence. This award honors postdocs who have demonstrated excellence in research, mentorship and service to the community. The awards will consist of a plaque and <b>a $1000 check</b> to be awarded at the Graduate Division’s Award Ceremony. We are seeking nomination letters from department chairs, faculty, students, and postdocs in support of an excellent individual in your area.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Eligibility Criteria</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Be a current postdoc at UCR and have held the position for at least 6 months in any of UCR’s departments and must be holding the position at the time of application.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Work described must have taken place while at UCR.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Additional service to the community does not have to be associated with UCR<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-align:justify"><b><span style="f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