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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, 2019</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" target="_BLANK">https://research.cals.arizona.edu/cals-research-development-programs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://research.cals.arizona.edu/sites/rgw.cals.arizona.edu/files/CALS%20Innovation%20Venture%20Investment%20Program.pdf">Submission instructions</a>
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<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Innovation Venture Investment Program</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All projects must show strong evidence that they will ultimately stimulate significant impactful research activity and be supported by sustained
external funding. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">Proposal format is intentionally flexibl</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">e; proposals
can be submitted as a standard short grant application or a white paper. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The period of support will generally be from
<b><span style="color:#2F5597">six months to two years</span></b>, total budget generally up to $90,000.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Please submit a
<b><span style="color:#2F5597">single PDF</span></b><span style="color:#2F5597"> </span>
file containing the proposal and budget to <a href="mailto:sangita@email.arizona.edu">
sangita@email.arizona.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-left:2.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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"><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
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ph: 520-626-3408<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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