<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Thomas Harmon</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:tharmon@ucmerced.edu">tharmon@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 9:16 AM<br>Subject: [Ag-faculty] Summer GSR support from LACA --<br>To: <a href="mailto:ag-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu">ag-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:ag-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu">ag-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>><br>CC: Zulema Avalos <<a href="mailto:zavalos2@ucmerced.edu">zavalos2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>




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As LACA enters its 4^th year, many students from the initial cohort are approaching graduation or have pivoted into other funding.  We are searching for new graduate students and are offering summer fellowships to get them started. 50 or 100% funding
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Feel free to share this flyer to others who you think may be interested and send questions my way!</div>
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