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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Microsoft Research Grant Program <<a href="mailto:msrgrant@microsoft.com" target="_blank">msrgrant@microsoft.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 10:43 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Microsoft Research Grant Program <<a href="mailto:msrgrant@microsoft.com" target="_blank">msrgrant@microsoft.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Announcing the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Broadening participation in computing is a core part of Microsoft's values; accordingly, we are excited to introduce a new initiative, the Microsoft Research Dissertation
Grant, that aims to recognize, support, and mentor diverse doctoral students as they complete their dissertation research in computing-related fields.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">This grant program is open to doctoral students in their fourth year or beyond, studying computing topics at universities in the United States and Canada, who are
from under-represented groups (women, African-American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and/or people with disabilities). The program allows students to apply for a research grant of up to $20,000 to
support their dissertation research; grant recipients will also get to take part in a two-day career workshop at Microsoft Research Redmond this fall. Grant applications for 2017 will be due on
<b>April 7</b>. You can read more about the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant and find application instructions at
</span><a href="http://aka.ms/msrgrant" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">http://aka.ms/msrgrant</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">. Also, check out
</span><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-research-dissertation-grant-support-underrepresented-groups-computing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">today’s blog announcement</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We hope that you will share information about this new program with members of your organization who may be eligible to apply!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Sincerely,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dr. Meredith Ringel Morris</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Principal Researcher & MSR Dissertation Grant Chair</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow<div>Associate Professor</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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