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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">Dear ALVSCE Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">ALVSCE had a banner year in 2023 for research with over $43M in extramural funds brought to UA to support our collective cutting-edge investigations into agriculture,
life and environmental sciences. This is something to celebrate! And your dedicated effort to an increase in excellent proposal submissions is what resulted in this success. In 2023, we had a 16% increase in proposal submissions relative to 2022, and a
36% increase in proposal submissions relative to 2021. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">The increase in proposal submission rates places heavy demands on our dedicated Pre-Award Grants and Contracts staff who have been key collaborators in our success.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">We have observed several recurring issues related to submissions that we are working to address with updated policies and workflows (more on that soon). In the
meantime, <i>please adhere to existing policy:</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">Principal Investigators must notify pre-award support staff of their intent to submit
<u>20 business days prior to the sponsor’s deadline</u></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">. It is critical to ensuring that all submissions are given the attention they deserve.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">If you are uncertain of who your pre-award staff member is, please see the listing here:
<a href="https://research.cales.arizona.edu/pre-award-process">https://research.cales.arizona.edu/pre-award-process</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#2F5496">Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">-----------------------------------<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Jon Chorover<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Interim Associate Vice President/Associate Dean for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Professor, Department of Environmental Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Division of Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences, & Cooperative Extension (ALVSCE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Phone: (520) 626-5635<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Email: <a href="mailto:chorover@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#2F5496">chorover@arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">I am on ancestral lands of the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Tohono O'odham and
<span style="background:white">Pascua Yaqui</span>.</span></i><b><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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