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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC) will be announcing the RFA for the
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John S. Dunn Foundation Collaborative Research Award Program</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> on Monday, March 1, 2021. Launched in 2009 with generous support from the John S. Dunn Foundation, this seed grant program
continues to build the collaborative environment of the Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC) and fund projects with high potential for impacting human health.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">The purpose of this program is to foster new, exemplary inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional engagement in the
<b><u>quantitative biomedical sciences</u></b> by providing research seed grants. Funds will be awarded to
<b><u>new</u></b> collaborative teams in which the <b>PI</b> and <b>co-PI</b> are from different GCC member institutions: Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University,
<b>University of Houston</b>, UT Health Science Center at Houston, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, and The Institute of Biosciences and Technology of Texas A&M. Faculty can be PI or a member of the collaborative team on only one
pre-proposal. The pre-proposal may be submitted only once, to the PI institution. Three teams from each institution will be invited to submit full proposals and from there, three full proposals will be selected to receive a Dunn Collaborative Research Award
of up to $100,000 per team for a two-year period. </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Pre-proposals are due to the University of Houston, Division of Research
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limited submission site</a> by 11:59PM CST, Thursday, April 01, 2021. The GCC will be hosting a
<b>Virtual Informational Session on Monday, March 08, 2021 at 9</b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:windowtext">AM</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> CST</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Please direct any questions related to this RFA to
<a href="mailto:armagee2@central.uh.edu">armagee2@central.uh.edu</a>. Thank you!</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Abria Magee, PhD</span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Research Liaison Officer</span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Office of Contracts and Grants</span></p>
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