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tyle='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research timeline by month (approximately April 2014 to April 2015).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2-page CV of the principal investigator(s).&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact information including email(s), physical mailing address, and telephone number(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please include if the proposal is under consideration by other funding organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If the PI has previously received funding from NAPPC, please include information about the outcomes of that funding, including publications, presentations, and/or leveraging to obtain additional funding (up to 1 additional page).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email your proposal packets as a single PDF file to Jennifer Tsang (</span><a href="mailto:jt@pollinator.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>jt@pollinator.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) by 3PM PST on Monday, January 20<sup>th</sup>, 2014.&nbsp;&nbsp; Please contact Robyn Rose (</span><a href="mailto:robyn.i.rose@aphis.usda.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>robyn.i.rose@aphis.usda.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) or Christina Grozinger (</span><a href="mailto:cmgrozinger@psu.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cmgrozinger@psu.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Funding Decisions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The proposals will be evaluated by members of the Bee Health Task Force and funding decisions will be made by Monday, March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></body></html>