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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Hello colleagues!</span><br>
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The Whitaker Center is pleased to invite applications for the Fall Whitaker Center Mini-Grant awards. Faculty and students may apply for up to $1000 to support research, travel, or STEM outreach projects. Complete applications will include a project summary
and description, budget outline and justification, and a description of how the project supports the Whitaker Center's mission.</p>
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<span style="display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please use the application portal linked for more details and to apply.<span> Scroll to the Mini-grant section on the Student Resources or Faculty Resources
pages. </span></span>The application deadline is<span> November </span><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: inherit !important; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 120, 212) !important; color: currentcolor;">3.</span><span> </span>Awardees
will be notified prior to the Fall break. </p>
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<a href="https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/centers/whitaker/studentresources" ms-outlook-mobile-sharing-link-user-text="true">Whitaker Center Mini-Grant Applications</a></p>
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<span style="line-height:1.5">Please share this opportunity with those who may be interested. </span><br>
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Thank you and best wishes,</p>
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Heather</p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(83, 129, 53);">Heather Skaza Acosta</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;"></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;">Director, Whitaker Center for STEM Education</span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;">Associate Professor of Environmental Education</span></i></p>
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<i><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/centers/whitaker/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="e01f0a1f-a634-40c2-b631-5bba87974d6e" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="color: blue;">Whitaker
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;">Florida Gulf Coast University</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: currentcolor;">10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965</span> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(191, 191, 191);">|</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;line-height:1.5"><a href="http://www.fgcu.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="c6a4f467-8184-4ea0-a10b-5452e4b8166c" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">fgcu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;">P: <b><span dir="ltr" style="color: currentcolor;">239.590.7379</span> </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(191, 191, 191);">| </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: black;">E: </span><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a data-outlook-id="d4431e26-fa2d-4c73-a696-820149bcfd80" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="color: blue;">hskaza-acosta@fgcu.edu </span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"></span></p>
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<span><i><span style="color: black;">Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by Florida Gulf Coast University employees is subject to disclosure to the public and the media, upon request, unless
otherwise exempt. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.</span></i></span></p>
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