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<b>Cc:</b> Zalbidea, Zaida C - (zaidaz) <zaidaz@arizona.edu>; Antin, Parker B - (pba) <pba@arizona.edu>; Crookston, Rachel A - (crooksto) <crooksto@arizona.edu>; Dili, Fatemah - (fdili) <fdili@arizona.edu>; Frazier, Lynn E - (lef1) <lef1@arizona.edu>; Spicer,
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<b>Subject:</b> Call for Proposals: ALVSCE Innovation Venture Investment Program (iViP)
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inviting proposals for the<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_mark74srows8l" style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Innovation</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_mark1wmr047m1" style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Venture</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_markwctem5ngg" style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Investment
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; box-sizing:border-box">The iViP funds novel and potentially transformative research in any area of inquiry that has the potential to fundamentally alter our
understanding of an important principle or paradigm, and/or involves a significant technology advance. Proposals are intended to launch new research areas and projects; due to limited funds available, proposals to obtain additional preliminary data for the
next grant submission of an existing research program area will not be considered. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; box-sizing:border-box">Proposal format is intentionally flexible; proposals can be submitted as a standard short grant application or a white paper. The
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; box-sizing:border-box">Please submit a single PDF file containing the proposal and budget to </span><span style="margin:0px; box-sizing:border-box"><a href="mailto:zaidaz@arizona.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px; font-weight:700; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(171,5,32); outline:none"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">zaidaz@arizona.edu</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; box-sizing:border-box">.
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