<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Colleagues,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am delighted to share that the McCourt Institute has launched its annual grants process with Georgetown University. This is the second year of our funding of technologists, ethicists, legal scholars and social scientists around ethical technologies and in particular the role of social media in today’s culture. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I wanted to bring this to your attention because this year, Georgetown will be opening the grants process to include collaboration with civil society, governments, NGOs and partner academic institutions. To be clear, all grants must have a Georgetown faculty member as the PI, but Georgetown faculty are allowed to – and in fact the proposals will be scored based on the ability to – collaborate with outside groups to drive innovation and change. The goal is to support <span style="font-size:14.666667px"><b>actionable research for better governance of social media</b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please see below from Georgetown University for more information on this process, and please don't hesitate to contact<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Christian.Tom@mccourt.com" target="_blank">Christian.Tom@mccourt.com</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>or myself for any questions you might have. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">For more information: <a href="https://mccourt.georgetown.edu/tech-and-public-policy/mccourt-institute-partnership-and-grants-program/" title="https://mccourt.georgetown.edu/tech-and-public-policy/mccourt-institute-partnership-and-grants-program/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:14.666667px">https://mccourt.georgetown.edu/tech-and-public-policy/mccourt-institute-partnership-and-grants-program/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Kind regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a name="m_6534835077511346118__MailAutoSig" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">--</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="FR" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Constance de Leusse</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="FR">Executive Director - McCourt Institute </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="mailto:Constance.deleusse@mccourtinstitute.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span lang="FR">Constance.deleusse@mccourtinstitute.org</span></a><span lang="FR"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://mccourtinstitute.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://mccourtinstitute.org</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.projectliberty.io/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.projectliberty.io</span></a>  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="FR">mob : +33 (0)6 62 17 31 86</span></p></div>