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<td style="width:300px; padding-left:5px"><span id="name" class="sig_name" style="font-weight:bold; color:rgb(9,47,68); text-transform:uppercase">MELINDA LAROCO BOEHM, PH.D.<br>
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201); font-size:10px; text-transform:uppercase">she/her/hers<br>
DIRECTOR, office of RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT |<br>
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)"></span><span id="dept" class="sig_dept" style="font-size:10px; text-transform:uppercase; color:rgb(0,111,201)">OFFICE OF RESEARCH & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</span><br>
<span style="display:block; margin-top:10px; color:rgb(153,153,153)">5200 Lake Road <span style="color:rgb(218,172,0)">|</span> Merced, California 95343<br>
<span id="website" class="sig_website">www.rds.ucmerced.edu</span> <span id="phone_bar" style="color:rgb(218,172,0)">|</span> <span id="phone">209.382.4301</span></span></td>
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<div><font color="#c82613" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px"><b>Advanced out of office notice:
</b>August 12, 2020</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#c82613" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Notification:</b><span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px"> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all RD operations are currently remote (through December 2020),
 with normal operations expected to continue.</span></font><span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px"> | </span><b style="color:inherit; font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-style:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit"><span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px"><a href="https://rds.ucmerced.edu/covid-19-research-relaunch-info/covid-19-research-funding-opportunities" title="https://rds.ucmerced.edu/covid-19-research-relaunch-info/covid-19-research-funding-opportunities">COVID-19
 Research Funding Opportunities</a></span></b></div>
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