[Faculty] Fw: AIRES Seed Funding Opportunity for VIP Teams

Tue Jul 5 18:05:28 MST 2022

Dear Colleagues:

I hope that you are having a great summer.  I am writing to share a time-sensitive message with you.

Briefly, the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies (AIRES)<https://environment.arizona.edu/aires> has put forth a call for applications for seed funds to support new and existing Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)<https://uavip.arizona.edu/> teams.  AIRES welcomes applications from all disciplines that support projects aimed at exploring the topic of resilient environments and societies.

Please review the included message and attachment for additional information.

For questions related to this announcement, please contact Leah Callovini at lcallovini at arizona.edu

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Zelieann

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From: "Callovini, Leah - (lcallovini)" <lcallovini at arizona.edu<mailto:lcallovini at arizona.edu>>
Subject: AIRES Seed Funding Opportunity for VIP Teams
Date: July 5, 2022 at 3:55:57 PM MST

Greetings,

My name is Leah Callovini – I am the new Undergraduate Research Coordinator for Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP).<https://uavip.arizona.edu/> I am writing to you today to announce a call for applications for a seed funding opportunity to support VIP teams. This seed funding comes from the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies (AIRES). AIRES is looking to seed new and existing VIP teams from all disciplines that support projects aimed at exploring the topic of resilient environments and societies.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the VIP team model, the VIP program is a transformative approach to enhancing higher education by engaging both undergraduate and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. The model was first implemented by researchers at Georgia Tech. Over its two decades of existence, VIP has expanded to 40 institutions across the globe. The University of Arizona launched its VIP program in Fall 2020 and has rapidly grown to more than 20 active teams in less than two years. More information about the VIP program at UArizona can be found here<https://uavip.arizona.edu/>.

I understand that some of you may not be directly involved in research or creative inquiry projects but are perhaps administrators who work with faculty: I welcome and encourage you to share this announcement with the faculty in your network whose work might fit within the theme of resilient environments and societies.

For specific information pertaining to this round of seed funding from AIRES, please view the attached memo, which also includes information about the application<https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0DFUsxLvpXbL4ai>. To receive priority review, it is recommended to have submitted your application by July 18th, though applications submitted after this date will be considered if funding is available. Should you have any questions about the application or the process of launching a new VIP team, please contact me at lcallovini at arizona.edu<mailto:lcallovini at arizona.edu>.

Thank you!

Best,

Leah Callovini | Undergraduate Research Coordinator |
Scholar Training Academy for Research in STEM (STARS) |
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) |
lcallovini at arizona.edu<mailto:lcallovini at arizona.edu> | cell: 412.576.3639 | Pronouns: she/her/hers

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