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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2015 11:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CALS Dean's Office<br>
<b>Subject:</b> New Grants Program Announcement</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation would like to call your attention to a joint national competition for grants to outstanding early career scientists as
Faculty Scholars. Awardees will receive a five-year, non-renewable grant whose size will be based on several factors, including the amount of external funding the scientist has at the time of the grant. The grants will range from $100,000 to $400,000 per year
for direct costs. There are no limits on the number of applicants or awardees from any </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/Programs/Scholars/eligible-institutions-faculty-scholars.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">eligible
institution</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, and candidates apply directly without an institutional nomination. Both basic researchers and physician scientists are welcome in this open competition. HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
and the Simons Foundation encourage applications from women and minorities under-represented in the biomedical and biological sciences. For more information, including eligibility criteria, see </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/faculty-scholars"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">www.hhmi.org/faculty-scholars</span></a></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">We appreciate your help in distributing this announcement to departmental colleagues and others at your institution to whom this may be of interest. Please direct questions to <a href="mailto:facultyscholars@hhmi.org"><span style="color:purple">facultyscholars@hhmi.org</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Howard Hughes Medical Institute</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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