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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Dear ALVSCE Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">To be certain that you have all seen it, I am resending the latest guidance from Dr. Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation
(SVPRI) on federal Executive Orders and their impact on research related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA). Please review the attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">As indicated in the guidance, several federal agencies including CDC, USGS, NSF, DOE, NASA and Department of Labor have directed UA to stop all DEI activities,
including spending. Overall, our goal is to minimize disruption to your research, which we expect will continue as “business as usual” as much as possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Below are several practical steps that we ask you to take to help us to navigate this situation:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Focus should be on removing tasks and goals that are specifically DEI-centric.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">If you are the lead UA PI on a grant with DEIA components from one of these agencies, or another wherein an agency official has notified you directly to stop DEIA activities</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">,
please notify me<i> with a cc to your unit head and business manager </i>by email with (1) the email you received, and (2) the following information (this applies to subcontracts to UA wherein you are the UA subcontract lead PI):</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Funding agency</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Project title</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Project beginning and end dates</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Total budget to UA</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Portion of budget to be paused because of primary emphasis on DEI activities</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Number and types of personnel (grad students, undergrads, postdocs, research staff) that you expect will be directly impacted by salary or stipend loss</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Notify your project team (including subcontract PIs if UA is lead institution) of this requirement and ask them to conduct a similar assessment within their subcontracts.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">If you are struggling to categorize your work into DEI and non-DEI activities, please feel free to consult with me directly.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Compliance with these requirements is mandatory. We are here to offer help and guidance to the best of our ability.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">RII’s <a href="https://research.arizona.edu/administration/federal-funding-updates?j=1713153&sfmc_sub=35993279&l=1205_HTML&u=38967214&mid=514008426&jb=1">
Research Funding Updates</a> is the “go to” website for UA’s most updated information on these and related issues.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">We recognize the additional work being asked of you to address these emergent issues and thank you for that!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">-----------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon Chorover</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Interim Associate Vice President/Associate Dean for Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Professor, Department of Environmental Science</span><o:p></o:p></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)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">University of Arizona</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tucson, AZ 85721</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Phone: (520) 626-5635</span><o:p></o:p></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></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">I am on ancestral lands of the
</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<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><o:p></o:p></p>
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