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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Dear Colleagues:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Join us
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">for our first Grants & Research Essentials Event of the 2025-2026 academic year!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;"><b>Guest Speakers:</b></span></p>
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Greg Foster, Senior Director of Development, Foundation Relations, The University of Arizona Foundation</div>
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Cyndi Laughren, Senior Director of Grants, The University of Arizona Foundation</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Topic:
</b>"<i>UA Foundation Relations for Grant Seeking Faculty & Staff</i>"</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Date:</b> Wednesday, October 22<sup>nd</sup>, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Time:</b> 9:00 to 10:00 AM, MST</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Virtual Location:</b> <a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA35a21040-e50f-b6a4-8b2e-74b150ae1926" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/84731874000">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/84731874000</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Register and Submit Questions in Advance: </b><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA375aea54-f92e-e5ba-e4e8-7b7544d42faf" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://forms.office.com/r/naFJ37acnd">https://forms.office.com/r/naFJ37acnd</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please contact Zaida Zalbidea (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-ogsc="rgb(70, 120, 134)" data-linkindex="4" title="mailto:zaidaz@arizona.edu" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA901db03a-71bd-f5c4-bac5-10567c680517" href="mailto:zaidaz@arizona.edu">zaidaz@arizona.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">)
with any event-related questions or fill out our training needs <a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAeebb1a07-fd7e-fa4c-f14a-22b7cf41ac49" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://forms.office.com/r/Kti4DXNMe0" href="https://forms.office.com/r/Kti4DXNMe0">
survey</a> to suggest more essentials topics!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Cheers,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Zelieann</span></p>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);"><b>Zelieann R Craig, Ph.D.</b></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Assistant Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Bioscience Research Labs, 355<br>
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zelieann@arizona.edu<br>
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