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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;background:white">Vicki Cerna-Bell</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Emails sent to this inbox are checked </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">continuously
throughout the day each day seven days a week</span></b><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> including holidays so </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">please
cc this inbox</span></u></b><span class="contentpasted0"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white"> </span></u></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">in your communications with
our SRO especially for critical matters requiring immediate attention.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Our community has grown and so have your needs for support.<span class="contentpasted0"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">Please
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<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">All submissions of any kind (industry, private sector, foundation, sub-recipient, federal, consortium, center/institute, internal submission) must go through our office first.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="contentpasted01" style="color:#570606;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Email</span></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">egrgrant@central.uh.edu<span class="contentpasted0"> </span></span></b><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">as
soon as you consider a submission and</span></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">provide the funding opportunity in your email and the submission
deadline</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">.<span class="contentpasted0"> </span></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Your submission will be placed on the SRO calendar and
assigned to an RA (Research Administrator) in our office [communicating this information directly to an RA is fine, however, we may re-assign your submission depending on workload considerations in our office]. The assigned RA will contact you to request further
information and establish a timeline for the receipt of materials for the submission. Please be prepared to </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;background:white">complete the attached transmittal form</span></u></b><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> for
your submission.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">If you receive communication from a sponsor where our RAs are not copied, please alert the team ASAP especially if there are action items with due dates. We will follow up on your
behalf with the Division of Research as needed.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="contentpasted01" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">You are especially encouraged to allow a<span class="contentpasted0"> </span><b><u>minimum of 2 weeks</u></b><span class="contentpasted0"> </span>prior to the submission deadline for UH-team proposals and
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">4 weeks for multi-institutional proposals where UH is lead</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">While our office can accommodate shorter notification windows, a thorough review of materials may not be possible, in which case you assume the risk of ensuring error-free timely submissions.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Our team is here to assist you. They will respond to each email. If you have not received a response within 2 working days
or you require a shorter response time, please email me directly and cc egrgrant@central.uh.edu and I will assist.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Best regards,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Hanadi Rifai, PhD, PE, Fellow ASCE</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Moores Professor</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Rifai, Hanadi S<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 2, 2023 10:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Knudsen, Rachel W <riward@Central.UH.EDU>; Hutchinson, Inez A <iajackso@Central.UH.EDU><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Engineering Sponsored Research Office Updates</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Rachel/Inez,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Happy new yr and best wishes for a joyous 2023. Please forward the email below to Engineering faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Do you know the details on listservs in technology? i will be forwarding a modified version of this email to them but wanted to check with you first on the process to do
that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">hanadi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Dear Faculty,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Happy 2023 and best wishes for a productive year in research and scholarship.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">This email serves to welcome you back and introduce/re-introduce the team in the
<u>Sponsored Research Office (SRO)</u> in our College and to provide you with updated procedures for proposal submissions and communicating with the team. Please save this email for future reference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#174E86;background:white">The team:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;background:white">Vicki Cerna-Bell</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Research Liaison 2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#174E86;background:white">vcerna@uh.edu</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0F5C1A;background:white">Chris Grant</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#174E86;background:white">cgrant3@uh.edu</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0F5C1A;background:white">Kristin Raeesi</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#174E86;background:white">kmraeesi@uh.edu</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#174E86;background:white">The Sponsored Research Office IN-BOX:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#5E327C;background:white">egrgrant@central.uh.edu</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Emails sent to this inbox are checked
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">continuously throughout the day each day seven days a week</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> including holidays so
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">please cc this inbox</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606;background:white">
</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">in your communications with our SRO especially for critical matters requiring immediate attention.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#174E86;background:white">SRO procedures:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Our community has grown and so have your needs for support.
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#570606">Please follow the simple guidelines listed below</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">All submissions of any kind (industry, private sector, foundation, sub-recipient, federal, consortium, center/institute, internal submission) must go through our office first.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#570606;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Email</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b>egrgrant@central.uh.edu </b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">as soon as you consider a submission and</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b>provide the funding opportunity in your email and the submission deadline</b>.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Your submission will be placed on the SRO calendar and assigned to an RA (Research Administrator) in our office [communicating this information directly to an RA is fine, however, we may re-assign your submission
depending on workload considerations in our office]. The assigned RA will contact you to request further information and establish a timeline for the receipt of materials for the submission. Please be prepared to
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F5C1A">complete the attached transmittal form</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> for your submission.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you receive communication from a sponsor where our RAs are not copied, please alert the team ASAP especially if there are action items with due dates. We will follow up on your behalf with the Division of Research as needed.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">You are especially encouraged to allow a <b><u>minimum of 2 weeks</u></b> prior to the submission deadline for UH-team proposals and 4 weeks for multi-institutional proposals where UH is lead.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">While our office can accommodate shorter notification windows, a thorough review of materials may not be possible, in which case you assume the risk of ensuring error-free timely submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Our team is here to assist you. They will respond to each email. If you have not received a response within 2 working days or you require a shorter response time, please
email me directly and cc egrgrant@uh.edu and I will assist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hanadi Rifai, PhD, PE, Fellow ASCE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Moores Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Associate Dean Research and Facilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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