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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Alexander Putman <aiputman@ucr.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 19, 2023 1:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alexander I Putman <aiputman@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT]CA Leafy Greens RP - Request for Proposals 2024 - Due Nov. 22<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The California Leafy Greens Research Program (CLGRP) has released the request for proposals (attached) for funding in 2024-2025. The CLGRP is seeking proposals
in areas that include plant breeding, management of diseases, insects, and weeds, water quality and usage, mechanization/robotics, or other areas that benefit leafy greens production.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Could you please forward this announcement to anyone in your unit or institution that may be interested?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for submissions is
<b>5 pm Pacific on November 22, 2023</b>. Note for anyone intending to submit a new proposal this year: please contact me two weeks in advance of the deadline as described in the cover letter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please ask if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333399">Alexander I. Putman, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of California, Riverside</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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