<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>FYI...</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">John McMillan</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jmcmillan@sdsu.edu">jmcmillan@sdsu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:22 AM<br>Subject: DRI Services & Opportunities<br>To: Elizabeth Reep <<a href="mailto:ereep@sdsu.edu">ereep@sdsu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Colleagues, <div><br></div><div>I hope the first week of classes is treating you well! There have been many changes over the last year within the Division of Research & Innovation. While I have worked with many of you previously, I wanted to let you know that my role within DRI has changed, I am now the Director of Research Initiatives for Engineering & Physical Sciences. In this capacity, I am here to specifically support faculty from the Colleges of Engineering & Sciences in their grant getting efforts. </div><div><br></div><div>Further, DRI has made strategic investments to support new service offerings that we hope will increase the competitiveness of our proposals. These include new proposal review services, non-technical grant writing, and graphic design support. An overview of all our services is attached. </div><div><br></div><div>As you might be aware, a goal of the Strategic Plan is to increase participation in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) / Minority Institutions (MI) funding opportunities. I am especially interested in supporting individual and collaborative responses to these opportunities because our faculty tend to be particularly competitive. So, I might be reaching out from time to time to highlight these opportunities, two timely examples can be found below. While these are Department of Defense focused, there are numerous HSI/MI opportunities from NASA, NSF, USDA, etc. At your request, I will certainly remove you from further email communications on these funding opportunities without question or bias. </div><div><br></div><div>1) Navy HBCU / MI Program - Aims to increase the quantity and quality of minority professionals in STEM in the defense community and enhance the research and educational capabilities of HBCU/MIs in disciplines critical to the defense mission. Concept paper deadline: Sept. 8th. </div><div><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335018" target="_blank">https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335018</a></div><br><div>2) Army HBCU / MI Program - Aims to enhance research and engineering capabilities in areas important to national defense and increase the number of graduates in STEM disciplines. Open competition until 2024, please contact the Program Officer if interested. </div><div><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316548" target="_blank">https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316548</a><br><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">On a similar note, the SDSU Military and Veterans Program (MVP) is </font>eager to help advance research projects that enhance our military-affiliated students’ engagement on campus. The MVP’s grant writer, Liz Reep (cc'd), is available to support these efforts, Liz's overview is also attached. </div></div><div><br></div><div>I very much look forward to working with you on your pursuit of extramural research funding. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to leverage any of the services DRI offers or if you have any questions, thank you! </div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cheers</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JM</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">John McMillan, </font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">Director of Research Initiatives, </font></div></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">Engineering & Physical Sciences</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">Division of Research & Innovation</font></div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="mailto:jmcmillan@mail.sdsu.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jmcmillan@sdsu.edu</a><br><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></font></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#000000">Office: (619) 594-1353</font></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#000000">Cell: </font>(209) 261-8982</font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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