<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;min-height:100%"><div class="gmail-nH" style="width:1875px"><div class="gmail-nH" style=""><div class="gmail-nH gmail-bkL"><div class="gmail-no" style="float:left;display:flex;width:1875px"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-bkK gmail-nn" style="min-height:1px;float:left;overflow:hidden;width:1688px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-ar4 gmail-B"><div class="gmail-aeI"><div class="gmail-AO" style=""><div id="gmail-:3" class="gmail-Tm gmail-aeJ" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;overflow-y:scroll;padding-right:0px;height:785px"><div id="gmail-:1" class="gmail-aeF" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:bottom;min-height:595px"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 15px;padding:5px 0px 5px 25px;border-width:0px 0px 5px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:double;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153);border-left-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:small-caps;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Palatino,Georgia,serif;font-size:1.5em;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,250,250)">MGSA Fund for Innovative Initiatives</h3><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 117.297px 8px 0px;padding:12px 0px 5px 10px;border-width:0px 0px 5px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(162,206,213);border-left-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.2em;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,250,250)">Biannual Submission Deadlines: October 1, April 1</h5><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:3px 0px 3px 8px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,250,250)">This fund, for innovative initiatives in Modern Greek Studies, provides monetary support to institutions of higher learning and other professional organizations to support conferences, workshops, and other activities that promote Modern Greek Studies (including those of the Greek diaspora). Granted on a competitive basis, up to five grants will be awarded per academic year. Individual awards will range from $500 to $1,000. An institution may receive an award once every three years. Applications for support of individual activities will not be accepted.</p><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 117.297px 8px 0px;padding:12px 0px 5px 10px;border-width:0px 0px 5px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(162,206,213);border-left-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1.2em;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,250,250)">Guidelines</h5><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:3px 0px 3px 8px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,250,250)">Applicants should submit a brief proposal outlining their project in as much detail as possible (approximately 3 pages), including a project overview, a timeline for the project, and anticipated benefits to the field of Modern Greek Studies. Applications may also include a list of topics and speakers and evaluation forms to be completed by participants, if applicable. To apply, applicants must be current members of the Association. Applications should be submitted electronically to <a href="mailto:mgsa.org@gmail.com?subject=MGSA%20Fund%20for%20Innovative%20Initiatives" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:2px 7px;border:1px solid rgb(163,163,163);vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none;border-radius:0.2em;background-color:r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