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As you may already know, the announcement for the Grants to Enhance and Advance Research (GEAR) internal awards has been posted:</div>
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<a href="https://uh.edu/research/funding-opportunities/internal-awards/" id="LPlnk">https://uh.edu/research/funding-opportunities/internal-awards/</a></div>
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The deadline to submit proposals to the College is <b>5 pm on November 9, 2020.</b> Submission instructions:</div>
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<li>submit your proposal via email as a pdf to: egrgrant@central.uh.edu using the following naming convention for the pdf: Lastname_GEAR2021_Preproposal<br>
</li><li>use the attached cover page</li><li>your preproposal must include the following elements along with the cover page: (a) Proposal Narrative (up to 3 pages inclusive of illustrations and tables, font no less than 10 pt with 1 inch margins, 1.5 spacing), PIs 2-pg NSF biosketches, PIs NSF current
& pending, and your budget using the UH budget template and with review from our internal RA team (Rudy Razo, Tracy Butler, Priya Navin, Brandi Jones)</li></ol>
<div>Please feel free to email me if you have any questions and make sure to cc egrgrant@central.uh.edu on all communications.</div>
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<div>Best regards</div>
<div>Hanadi<br>
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