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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Kathleen Erwin <<a href="mailto:Kathleen.Erwin@UCOP.EDU" target="_blank">Kathleen.Erwin@UCOP.EDU</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Kathleen Erwin <<a href="mailto:Kathleen.Erwin@UCOP.EDU" target="_blank">Kathleen.Erwin@UCOP.EDU</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:35:17 +0000<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span><<a href="mailto:UCRESD-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU" target="_blank">UCRESD-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Please Circulate: 2018 UC National Lab Research Program RFPs - Collaborative Research and Training Awards and Graduate Fellowships<br>
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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Please circulate widely to interested faculty and graduate students interested in collaborative research and training opportunities with the Lawrence Livermore
 and Los Alamos National Laboratories:<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">UC Research Initiatives is pleased to release the
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://ucop.edu/research-initiatives/programs/lab-fees/application-information.html" target="_blank">Program Announcement</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">
 for the 2018 UC Laboratory Fees Research Program. This year’s competition offers two distinct funding opportunities: 
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><span>1)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">    
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The UC Multicampus-National Laboratory Collaborative Research and Training award (UC-NL CRT); and<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><span>2)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">    
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The UC-National Laboratory In-Residence Graduate Fellowship (UC NLGF)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The Request for Proposals (RFP) for each opportunity is attached. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please circulate these RFPs widely to UC faculty
 and graduate students who may be interested. <i><span style="color:black">These RFPs supersede draft versions that were previously circulated, and all submissions must conform to the requirements of these versions dated March 23, 2017, or any subsequent announcements.<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">In addition to the Program guidelines and eligibility, each RFP includes the following attachments:
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<span style="color:black"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">UC Laboratory Fees Research Program and National Laboratory contact information;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs); and
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Instructions for submitting the required Letter of Intent. 
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Please review these materials carefully, visit our website for additional information, applicant teleconference registration, or other program announcements:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://ucop.edu/research-initiatives/programs/lab-fees/index.html" target="_blank">http://ucop.edu/research-<wbr>initiatives/programs/lab-fees/<wbr>index.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">You may
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://ucop.edu/research-initiatives/staff/index.html" target="_blank">contact us</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> at
<a href="mailto:UCRI@ucop.edu" target="_blank">UCRI@ucop.edu</a> for additional guidance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you again for your interest in this funding opportunity.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kathleen Erwin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director, UC Research Initiatives<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program<u></u><u></u></span></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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