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<p class="MsoNormal">The Economic and Business Research Center in the UA Eller College of Management is seeking proposals from UA faculty to write white papers of interest to the Southern Arizona community. The funding will be $7,500 per grant. More details
are available in the attached document.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for your consideration!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A"><img width="177" height="36" style="width:1.8437in;height:.375in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.png@01D4CAA2.4990B500" alt="cid:image001.png@01D1EC1A.1AF6C5E0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">George W. Hammond, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Director and Research Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">The University of Arizona<br>
Eller College of Management,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Economic and Business Research Center</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">1130 E. Helen St., McClelland Hall
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Tucson, Arizona 85721</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:(520)%20626-1679" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">520.626.1679</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ghammond@eller.arizona.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">ghammond@eller.arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Twitter: @Eller_EBRC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Download <i>Arizona’s Economy</i> App at the Apple App store and Google Play.</span><span style="color:#993366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">Sangita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366">Sangita Pawar, PhD, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366">Assistant Vice President, Research
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366"> Division of Ag, Life & Vet Sciences,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366"> and Coop. Extension
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