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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ALVSCE <b>Bridge Funding program</b> provides financial support to minimize disruption of existing research programs and projects that have temporarily lost external funding but show high promise of success in the next round of competitive
review, in particular for proposals that just missed the payline or were ranked highly but not funded. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Click <b><span style="color:red"><a href="https://research.cals.arizona.edu/sites/rgw.cals.arizona.edu/files/CALS%20Bridge%20Funding%20Program_0.pdf"><span style="color:red">HERE</span><span style="color:red;font-weight:normal">
</span></a></span></b>for submission instructions.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submit the following documents in a <b>single pdf</b> to me at
<a href="mailto:Sangita@email.arizona.edu">Sangita@email.arizona.edu</a> by <b>March 1, 2019</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">A brief letter (1-2 page) describing the reason for the request, the amount and duration of requested funding, the likelihood of receiving future funding, the grant proposal resubmission
date (past or future), and the benefits of the proposed project to the Department and the College. This letter has to be co-signed by the Unit head.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Official documentation of relevant grant scores, grant review comments, and current pay-line information of the funding agency.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">“Other Support” information including current, pending and past grants. Investigators who have other major active grants (e.g., NSF, NIH, USDA etc.) are not qualified to receive Bridge
Funding.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The applicant’s CV.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Brief letter from Unit Head supporting the bridge funding application<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sangita Pawar, PhD, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Assistant Vice President, Research
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> and Cooperative Extension <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ph: 520-626-3408<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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