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<div>Hi Lidia, Dawn, and JulyBeth:</div>
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<div>Apologies in advance for the short timeline here (deadline is next week) but we are hoping to get some graduate students involved with this exciting opportunity. So please circulate this as widely as possible. The full text of the opportunity is below and in the attached PDF:</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The CORE Incubator Team (Dr. Susan Hackwood (UCR), Dr. KL Akerlof (George Mason Univ.), Dr. Richard L. Edwards (UCR), Dr. Michalis Faloutsos (UCR), and Dr. Annika Speer (UCR)) is excited to announce a new Professional Development Opportunity for graduate students and post-docs. Funded by US Department of Education Grant P116J250958, CORE (Civic Openness, Reasoning, and Engagement) advances the Department of Education’s priorities for strengthening civil discourse, evidence-based reasoning, and institutional capacity for constructive engagement with complex public issues.</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">As part of this grant, the <a href="https://sciencetopolicy.ucr.edu/core" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CORE Incubator</a>, in partnership with the Meridian International Center, invites applications from faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students who are policy novices to join the Summer 2026 cohort of the Diplomatic Skills Training for Emerging Leaders. This is a high-impact, outcomes-driven opportunity for civic engagement, leadership training, and cross-sector institutional problem-solving.</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The training will be virtual in July and early August (via Zoom), and will conclude with two days of immersive sessions in Washington, D.C. on August 17-18, 2026.</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral applicants who are admitted to CORE's 2026 cohort will receive round-trip air travel from California to Washington, D.C., shared hotel accommodations (3 nights), scheduled working meals, ground transportation, and copies of the text <i>Diplomatic Tradecraft</i>.</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We would be most grateful if you could circulate this message to your graduate students and post-docs.<span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxRhBjNWzNoIbYXIS_RVZXQsnYoNNO99b_pamAXA4ig7CuoQ/viewform?usp=header" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Applications of interest</a><span> </span>are due by June 24, 2026 at 5pm. </div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">For more information about this opportunity, see the attached PDF flyer or the <a href="https://sciencetopolicy.ucr.edu/core" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CORE Incubator's website</a>. </div>
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<div>Sent by Richard Edwards on behalf of CORE Incubator Team</div>
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