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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Directors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This could be something we can take advantage of. Please share as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Associate Vice President and Director</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Professor/Extension Specialist - Biosystems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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"> Patten, Kim J - (kjpatten) <kjpatten@arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 2:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin@arizona.edu>; Chorover, Jon - (chorover) <chorover@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: [EXT]USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Daily Digest Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Ed and Jon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see below regarding the USDA Equipment opportunity. It is a limited submission (limit 2/institution). The internal competition for the limited closes February 7 at Arizona.infoready4.com.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To my knowledge we haven’t been awarded one of these and I think it’d be a great program to obtain some much needed instrumentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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"> USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture <<a href="mailto:usda.nifa@public.govdelivery.com">usda.nifa@public.govdelivery.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 7:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Patten, Kim J - (kjpatten) <<a href="mailto:kjpatten@arizona.edu">kjpatten@arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT]USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Daily Digest Bulletin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The Equipment Grant Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for
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NIFA grant programs. EGP is intended to help fund items of equipment that will upgrade infrastructure. EGP does not fund research projects, including research that uses the equipment acquired with support from the program, nor does it support the operation
and maintenance of facilities. Application deadline is <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">May 3</span></strong>. For more information, read the
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