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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI………………..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr. Brian A. Larkins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Porterfield and Regents Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Director, School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Forbes 303C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tele (520)-621-9958<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FAX (520)-621-3692<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> Andrew Comrie <<a href="mailto:comrie@arizona.edu">comrie@arizona.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 21, 2011 18:16:41 PDT<br><b>To:</b> "Cervelli, Jan" <<a href="mailto:jcervell@email.arizona.edu">jcervell@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Goldberg, Jeff" <<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@arizona.edu">jgoldberg@arizona.edu</a>>, "Goldschmid, Steven" <<a href="mailto:sgoldsch@email.arizona.edu">sgoldsch@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Hakim, Iman" <<a href="mailto:ihakim@email.arizona.edu">ihakim@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Joan Shaver (<a href="mailto:jshaver@nursing.arizona.edu">jshaver@nursing.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jshaver@nursing.arizona.edu">jshaver@nursing.arizona.edu</a>>, "Joaquin Ruiz (<a href="mailto:jruiz@email.arizona.edu">jruiz@email.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jruiz@email.arizona.edu">jruiz@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Jory Hancock (<a href="mailto:jory@email.arizona.edu">jory@email.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jory@email.arizona.edu">jory@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "JP Jones (<a href="mailto:jpjones@email.arizona.edu">jpjones@email.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jpjones@email.arizona.edu">jpjones@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Lawrence Ponoroff (<a href="mailto:lawrence.ponoroff@law.arizona.edu">lawrence.ponoroff@law.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:lawrence.ponoroff@law.arizona.edu">lawrence.ponoroff@law.arizona.edu</a>>, "Len Jessup (<a href="mailto:len@eller.arizona.edu">len@eller.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:len@eller.arizona.edu">len@eller.arizona.edu</a>>, "Marx, Ron" <<a href="mailto:ronmarx@email.arizona.edu">ronmarx@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Shane Burgess (<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</a>>, "Wildner-Bassett, Mary" <<a href="mailto:wildnerb@email.arizona.edu">wildnerb@email.arizona.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: Grants for Lunch~Working Successfully with Foundation Program Officers-September 28</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Our contacts at the UA Foundation who work with us on external grant applications to philanthropic foundations asked us to get this late-breaking news out. Please forward to faculty and staff as you see fit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks, </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ac </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="98%" align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0033'>SPECIAL FOR THE UA COMMUNITY ONLY</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Please join the GIFT Center for the upcoming event</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Working Successfully with Program Officers</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Dr. Jo Anne Vasquez</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Vice President and Program Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Transition Years – Arizona</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Teacher and Curriculum Initiatives</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Helios Education Foundation</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Dr. Richard Weiner</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Program Officer</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Research Corporation for</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Science Advancement</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0033'>What is the full role of a program officer? </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0033'>How can you best discuss your project with a program officer?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0033'>Where do the missions of the funder and perspective grantee come together?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Glean insights from distinguished program officers in this truly exceptional opportunity to hear from insiders and learn the human aspect of the grantmaking process. Your most pressing questions about working with a program officer and the grantmaking process will be answered and you will walk away with concrete tools, tips and resources, and information not readily available from foundation websites!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:125%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>When:<b> Wednesday, September 28 from 11:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Where:<b> Vine Avenue Annex, Room 102, 1125 N. Vine (SW corner of Helen & Vine) </b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>P<b>lease complete the following survey </b></span><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RD373VZ">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RD373VZ</a> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>so we may ask your most burning questions to the panelists as well as gauge your experience with program officers. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Kindly RSVP by September 2</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>3</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'> to </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'>GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366'>, providing names and titles of attendees in your RSVP note. <i>Seating is limited and we expect this event will book up quickly</i>. Bring your brown-bag lunch for this informal and <i>free event </i>for the UA community. Beverages and snacks are courtesy of the GIFT Center. The nearest available parking is at the Highland Parking Garage and there is plentiful Zone 1 parking nearby.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You received this message because you opted in to the GIFT Center News listserv. To administer your subscription, find/manage your password and review archives please visit the <a href="http://www.al.arizona.edu/mailman/listinfo/giftcenternews" title="http://www.al.arizona.edu/mailman/listinfo/giftcenternews">listserv</a>. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The GIFT Center is <a href="http://uafoundation.org/information/faculty_staff/grantseeking/giftcenter/">online</a>.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><img border=0 width=134 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image013.jpg@01CC72F1.E40BB8C0" alt="New UAF logo 04.19.11.JPG"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>