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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">CALES Faculty,<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:#0F4761">If you are submitting a proposal to the
<a href="https://provost.arizona.edu/provost-investment-fund">Provost’s Investment Fund</a>, please note that the proposals must be submitted prior to the deadline of noon on October 30, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">The guidelines indicate that all proposals must include a letter of “<i>Leadership Buy-in</i>”. Specifically “<i>requests must include brief signed letters of
support from the relevant dept head(s)/chair(s)/ director(s) AND dean(s)/VP(s), signifying that the project is supported by the relevant campus leaders. Maximum of 2 pages</i>.”<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:#0F4761">Although the college will not be performing an internal review of proposal submissions this year, if you are planning to submit a proposal, please be sure to
reach out to the appropriate leader with a draft of your proposal and sufficient time for them to prepare such a letter. This should be no later than a full week prior to the deadline (i.e., by CoB Tues, Oct 22, and preferably earlier if possible). The choice
of having this individual be a department head, director or associate dean will depend on the nature and focus of your proposal.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">If you wish to have a letter from the dean’s office, please contact Jim Hunt (<a href="mailto:jeh@arizona.edu">jeh@arizona.edu</a>, Interim Associate Dean for
Career and Academic Services) for proposals pertaining primarily to instruction and Jon Chorover (<a href="mailto:chorover@arizona.edu">chorover@arizona.edu</a>, Interim Associate Dean for Research) for proposals pertaining primarily to research.<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:#0F4761">Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon Chorover<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">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:#0F4761">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:#0F4761">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:#0F4761">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:#0F4761">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Phone: (520) 626-5635<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Email: <a href="mailto:chorover@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#0F4761">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:#0F4761">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:#0F4761">Tohono O'odham and
<span style="background:white">Pascua Yaqui</span>.</span></i><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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