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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are inviting proposals for the Innovation Venture Investment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please email me all your proposals by <b><span style="color:red">5 pm on May 25, 2018</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://research.cals.arizona.edu/cals-research-development-programs">https://research.cals.arizona.edu/cals-research-development-programs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3><strong>Innovation Venture Investment Program</strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p> Proposals of any kind will be considered in established or new areas of inquiry, ranging from projects within an individual lab to multi investigator/transdisciplinary initiatives. Novel and potentially transformational ideas are encouraged. All projects
must show strong evidence that they will ultimately stimulate significant impactful research activity and be supported by sustained external funding.
<b><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Proposal format is intentionally flexibl</span></b>e; proposals can be submitted as a standard short grant application or a white paper. The period of
support will generally be from <b><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">six months to two years</span></b>, total budget generally below $100,000. Please submit a
<b><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">single PDF</span></b><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
</span>file containing the proposal and budget to <a href="mailto:sangita@email.arizona.edu">
sangita@email.arizona.edu</a>. Funding decisions will be made by the Associate Dean for Research.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sangita<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sangita Pawar, PhD, MBA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Dean, Research <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Agriculture & Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ph: 520-626-3408<o:p></o:p></p>
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