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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Although NIFA has extended grant deadlines, please be aware that UA Sponsored Projects has
<u>not</u>. In the absence of new Federal deadlines, they are working towards the original dates. Sorry folks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dawn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dawn H. Gouge PhD – pronounced Goosh (she/her) - Please do not feel obligated to respond out of your normal working hours. Please be assured that I respect different working patterns and time
zones and look forward to your response when you are next at work and able to reply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Interim Associate Director for Agriculture & Natural Resources - Cooperative Extension<br>
Medical Entomology Professor & IPM Specialist - Department of Entomology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">MAC Experiment Station, 37860 West Smith-Enke Road, Maricopa, AZ 85138.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office 520-374-6223; Mobile 602-418-5202; Fax 520-374-6394<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#467886;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:dhgouge@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#467886">dhgouge@arizona.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Medical Entomology: Preventing illness and injury in the future, and saving lives today!</span></i></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home
to the O’odham and the Yaqui. The University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> </span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="624" height="108" style="width:6.5in;height:1.125in" id="Picture_x0020_1694460645" src="cid:image001.png@01DC4F1A.E99FA4D0"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Not the most intelligent that survives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Charles Darwin</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Gouge, Dawn H - (dhgouge)
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> anr-faculty@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AFRI Deadlines Delayed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
<b>AFRI Deadlines Delayed</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">All, per the update on the website, <a href="https://lists.cahnrs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/wedadirectors/665433481424/ecmartin/arizona.edu/">
<span style="color:#2199E8;text-decoration:none">https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-initiative/afri-deadlines</span></a>, AFRI deadlines are extended.
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<h4><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The <span style="color:#1B1B1B">AFRI Deadline Extension</span>
<i>includes <span style="color:#1B1B1B">the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science (FAS) Program (</span></i><span style="color:#1B1B1B"><a href="https://lists.cahnrs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/wedadirectors/591589760646/ecmartin/arizona.edu/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#54278F">USDA-NIFA-AFRI-011134</span></em></a><i>).
If an application has already been submitted, applicants may revise and resubmit prior to the new deadline.</i></span><span style="color:#0A0A0A"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dawn H. Gouge PhD – pronounced Goosh (she/her) - Please do not feel obligated to respond out of your normal working hours. Please be assured that I respect different working patterns and time
zones and look forward to your response when you are next at work and able to reply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Interim Associate Director for Agriculture & Natural Resources - Cooperative Extension<br>
Medical Entomology Professor & IPM Specialist - Department of Entomology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">MAC Experiment Station, 37860 West Smith-Enke Road, Maricopa, AZ 85138.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office 520-374-6223; Mobile 602-418-5202; Fax 520-374-6394<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#467886;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:dhgouge@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#467886">dhgouge@arizona.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Medical Entomology: Preventing illness and injury in the future, and saving lives today!</span></i></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home
to the O’odham and the Yaqui. The University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> </span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="624" height="108" style="width:6.5in;height:1.125in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DC4F1A.E99FA4D0"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Not the most intelligent that survives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Charles Darwin</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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