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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>REMINDER: Application submission deadline is October 2, 2017. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See below email from Research Affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arlene</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rick Gulizia [mailto:rgulizia@mail.sdsu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 08, 2017 12:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients:<br><b>Subject:</b> Call for Proposals - University Grants Program (UGP) 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> All SDSU Faculty and Staff<br><b>From:</b> </span><span style='color:black'>Rick Gulizia, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Director, Research Affairs<br><b>Subject:</b> Call for Proposals - University Grants Program (UGP) 2018</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>On behalf of the University Research Council and the University Grants and Lectureship Committee (UGLC), we are pleased to invite applications for the UGP for 2018. The purposes of the UGP are to support scholarly research and creative activities, permit faculty to bring advanced projects to completion, and help faculty members develop a research program competitive for extramural funding.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The University Grants Program combines funds from several sources: the CSU Chancellor’s Office, SDSU Provost’s Office, SDSU Research Foundation and the Adams Humanities Endowment Fund. The Division of Research Affairs administers the program, and the award amount cannot exceed $10,000. Eligible faculty may submit one application per review cycle. Funds awarded are available for 18 months beginning in January 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All Unit 3 faculty are eligible to apply for UGP funding. Please note that while both the college review committee and the University Grants and Lectureship Committee rate applications based on merit, final funding decisions may encompass other factors including the number of awards received by the applicant in recent years (applicants who have had 3 awards within the last 5 years are not eligible to apply).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To access the UGP timeline and application processes, visit <a href="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/researchaffairs/ugp.aspx" target="_blank">Division of Research Affairs, UGP</a>.</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"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The applications will be submitted electronically by the applicant via the new software InfoReady to the Division of Research Affairs and will be forwarded to each of the respective colleges for review, ranking and rating. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To create an account in the InfoReady system click the link below and use the <b><span style='color:black'>Register</span></b> button at the top right hand corner of the page. After receiving confirmation (via email) that your account has been created, log in to InfoReady and choose University Grants Program from the table, and then Apply on the right hand legend.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you already have an InfoReady account, simply login with your username and password, choose University Grants Program from the table and Apply on the right hand legend.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><a href="https://sdsu.infoready4.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>InfoReady Application Submission</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Application submission deadline is <span class=m2758213695701800678gmail-aqj>October 2, 2017</span>.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>