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Ongoing

A-T Children’s Project – Research Grant Program

• Due: LOI submission rolling
• Funding: Up to $75,000 per year
• Project period: 1 to 2 years
• Purpose: To support translational and clinical research grants for research related to ataxia-telangiectasia including disease-modifying strategies that would prevent, slow, or stop the progression of the disease, symptom-improving strategies that address neural circuit function, immune system health and lung function, especially the neurological symptoms. (Grant decisions made and communicated 90 days after submission.)
• Eligibility: Investigators at all levels eligible to apply. Early career scientists are particularly encouraged to apply.

Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation – Humboldt Research Fellowship

• Due: Rolling (selection committee meets: Feb/Mar, June/July, Oct/Nov)
• Funding: €3,170 monthly; €2,670 monthly (postdoctoral)
• Project period: 6 – 18 months; 6 – 24 months (postdoctoral)
• Purpose: To support research by scientists at any stage of their career in collaboration with a host at a German research institution of choice. Further financial support may be available. Allow 4 months for the review process.
• Eligibility: Eligible candidates must be postdoctorals (within 6 months of completing terminal degree to those who have completed their degree within the last 4 years), and established scientists who have completed their terminal degree within the last 12 years. November will be the final review cycle for 2022.

Allen Institute for AI – Allen AI Young Investigators

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $100,000
• Project period:  1 to 3 years
• Purpose: To support postdocs in gaining research experience by providing opportunities to work collaboratively on AI2 projects while pursuing independent research agendas.
• Eligibility: Candidates should be withing 1 year of completing their PhD, or already have a PhD.

Alzheimer’s Association – Alzheimer’s Association Funding Program for Global Real-World Data Platforms (ALZ_RWD)

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $100,000 to $1M
• Project period:  1 to 2 years
• Purpose: To support acceleration of global initiatives focused on developing, expanding and aligning RWD platforms’ infrastructure, data and impact with Alzheimer’s Network for Treatment and Diagnostics ALZ-NET (ALZ-NET), which seeks to connect clinical data from Alzheimer’s patients to the network of medical professional and researchers to encourage robust information sharing and education.
• Eligibility: A PI candidate must be a full-time faculty member or full-time paid employee of the organization submitting a proposal. See other eligibility requirements.

Alzheimer’s Association – Alzheimer’s Association World Wide FINGERS Network Funding Program (ALZ WW-FNFP)

• Due: Open
• Funding:Up to $1M
• Project period:  Up to 3 years
• Purpose: To provide startup funding and/or opportunities for ongoing studies to initiate WW-FINGERS (Worldwide Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability) like studies, to expand these studies or to add unique opportunities that enhance the study through global collaboration of data sharing to facilitate rapid knowledge dissemination and implementation.
• Eligibility: Open to U.S. and international researchers with proposals that focus on program objectives.

Angelman Syndrome Foundation – Angelman Syndrome Research Proposals Call for Proposals

• Due: Annually October 15 and April 15
• Funding: Up to $100,000 per year
• Project period:  1 to 2 years
• Purpose: To support research projects that address areas of unmet need in Angelman Syndrome research. Priority areas to include studying or correcting the heterozygous effect on non-UBE3A genes in deletion. See other priority areas.
• Eligibility: Researchers at all levels are eligible.

Boehringer Ingelheim U.S. – Investigator-Initiated Studies (IIS)

• Due: Open
• Funding: Not Specified
• Project period:  Not Specified
• Purpose: To support proof of concept or exploratory studies and interventional and non-interventional and health outcomes research studies proposals. Priority Areas (proposals outside of priority areas will also be evaluated): Cardio-Renal-metabolic, Mental Health, Dermatology.
• Eligibility: Intended for U.S. based researchers.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Path to a Cure: Pioneer Award

• Due: LOI submission rolling
• Funding: Negotiable
• Project period:  Not specified
• Purpose: To support development of treatments for the underlying cause of the disease and, ultimately, a cure for CF.
• Eligibility: Matching funding required. U.S.-based and non U.S.-based research and development focused companies welcome to apply. Milestone completion and subsequent funding requirement.

Conservation, Food & Health Foundation – Conservation, Food & Health Foundation Grants

• Due: January 1 (Round 1); July 1 (Round 2) annually
• Funding: $25,000-$50,000
• Project period: 1 to 2 years
• Purpose: To support projects that have the potential to advance the field, build capacity in local areas, promote replication, influence public opinion and policy, affect systems change, and benefit people beyond the scope of the immediate project (projects focused on underfunded issues and geographic areas preferred).
• Eligibility: Non-governmental local, state, and regional organizations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East in the countries where the projects are base and organizations from upper-income countries working with local partners in these areas. 

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Student Loan Repayment Program

• Due: During and up to 4 months after active award period
• Funding: $14,000 per year maximum
• Project period: One-time payment
• Purpose: To assist with repayment of educational loan debt associated with a graduate-level degree.
• Eligibility: Applicants must be current awardees of one of the following CFF programs: 1. First through fifth Year Clinical Fellows, 2. Harry Shwachman CF Clinical Investigator, 3. LeRoy Matthews Physician-Scientist, 4. Envision CF: Emerging Leaders in CF Endocrinology II Program, and 5. Developing Innovative Gastroenterology Specialty Training (DIGEST) Program. Other eligibility requirements may apply.

Department of Defense (DOD) – Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) – Neuroscience

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: Stipend (amount not specified)
• Project period: 1 year
• Purpose: To support mentored training of postdoctoral scientists who will gain hands-on experience and develop skills in molecular neuroscience research. Project focus: comparing how secondary insults after traumatic brain injury worsen cognition and motor activity, and increase damage to lungs, gut, and kidney. Program administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).
• Eligibility: PhD received within 5 years of award date and 2-4 years of neuroscience research using quantitative neuropathology and immunohistochemistry required.

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) – Mentored Research Training Grants

• Due: February 15 and August 15 annually
• Funding: $250,000
• Project period: 2 years
• Purpose: To support the skills development of anesthesiologists and collection of preliminary data needed to be successful in obtaining future grants and publishing research as they seek to become independent investigators.
• Eligibility: Faculty members who have completed their core anesthesiology training within the past 10 years who are focused on any area of research that will contribute to advancement in patient care and has the potential to lead to extramural research (including basic science, clinical, translational, health services and education research.

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) – Research Training Grants

• Due: February 15 and August 15 annually
• Funding: $75,000
• Project period: 1 year
• Purpose: To support training of anesthesiology residents in research techniques and scientific methods. Research areas: Basic science, clinical, translational, health services or education research.
• Eligibility: Anesthesiology trainees after CA-1 year; 80% protected time required.

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) – Transition to Independence Grant

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $75,000
• Project period: 1 year
• Purpose: To support the transition of scientists from mentored training-focused support to research independence for all types of cancers.
• Eligibility: Funds are awarded to institutions. Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission. 20% protected time required.

Gateway for Cancer Research – GFCR Grant Program

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $200,000 to $1.5 M
• Project period: 2 to 5 years
• Purpose: To fund early phase clinical trials at renowned institutions for all types of cancers.
• Eligibility: Funds are awarded to institutions. Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
• Note: Rolling LOI submissions aggregated 4 times a year. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.

Gateway for Cancer Research – SIO Integrative Program

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $200,000 to $1.5 M
• Project period: 2 to 5 years
• Purpose: To fund integrative oncology research that pairs conventional therapies with evidence-based integrative therapies to manage symptoms and side effects from treatment and increase quality of life, especially post-treatment.
• Eligibility: Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
• Note: Rolling LOI submissions aggregated 4 times a year. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.

Gateway for Cancer Research – NCI/SPORE Program

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $200,000 to $800,000
• Project period: 2 to 5 years
• Purpose: A partnership with the NCI to give SPORE recipients a chance to apply for supplemental funding for their early phase, innovative clinical trials and enable principal investigators and their respective institutions to start a new trial through an additional arm, add patient cohorts and/or new correlative analysis. 
• Eligibility: Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
• Note: Rolling LOI submissions aggregated 4 times a year. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.

Immune Tolerance Network – Request for Applications

• Due: Open; Concept Proposals accepted year-round
  • Full applications accepted by invitation
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Not specified
• Purpose: To fund research in 1) allergy & asthma, 2) autoimmune diseases, 3) kidney & liver transplantation, and 4) assays & biomarkers.
• Note: ITN does not accept proposals for non-human or preclinical studies.

NIH – Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00)

MOSAIC K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed
MOSAIC K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required
MOSAIC K99/R00 – Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required (BESH)

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: Varies
• Project period: Up to 5 years (2 years K99; 3 years R00)
• Purpose: To support early career, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds conducting research related to NIH mission.
• Eligibility: Candidates from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities, women and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Open to early career candidates working with a mentor.

NIH/FIC/NCI – International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed

• Due: Standard March dates.
• Funding: Up to $150,000 per year
• Project period: Up to 5 years
• Purpose: To provide protected time for conducting postdoctoral mentored global health research in low-  and middle-income countries to strengthen global health research.

NIH/NCI– Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

• Due: Standard due dates; May 5, 2024, September 5, 2024 (2024 LOI dates)
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Up to 5 years
• Purpose: To support innovative research related to advancing understanding of the effects of climate change across the cancer control continuum, from cancer etiology and cancer risks through survivorship, and ways to prevent/mitigate negative health effects, including, but not limited to, studies to improve knowledge of the impact of climate change related environmental effects on cancer risks, control, and behaviors.
• Eligibility: Open to researchers at any level.

NIH/NCI – Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

• Due: Standard due dates; May 16, 2024, September 16, 2024 (2024 LOI dates)
• Funding: Up to $275,000
• Project period: 2 years
• Purpose: To support exploratory and novel research using the R21 grant mechanism relevant to advancing understanding of the effects of climate change on cancer risks, control, and survivorship, and ways to prevent or mitigate negative health effects.
• Eligibility: Open to researchers at any level.

NIH/NHLBI – Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE)

• Due: Pre-applications considered on a rolling basis
  • Full applications accepted by invitation
• Funding: All-expense-paid Summer Institute Program via NHLBI
• Project period: One summer
• Purpose: To provide mentoring to junior investigators and tr
• ansitioning postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented backgrounds. Distinct programs offered across multiple campuses.
• Eligibility: 1) U.S. citizen or permanent resident; 2) holds doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, MD, DO, DVM); 3) from a group that is underrepresented in biomedical or health sciences; 4) research focus on heart, lung, blood or sleep (HLBS) disorders; and 5) hold formal faculty appointment before start of Summer Institute Program.

NIH/NHLBI – Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research

K01 Independent Clinical Trial Required
K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed

• Due: Standard October and February dates.
• Funding: Up to $150,000 per year
• Project period: Up to 5 years
• Purpose: To promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences workforce.

NIH – Administrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Scholars

• Due: Varies by awarding IC
• Funding: Up to $50,000 direct costs
• Project period: Up to 1 year
• Purpose: To sustain mentored investigator’s research during critical life events. Applications may be submitted in advance of a known event or after the fact.
• Note: Funds can be used for staff, supplies, or equipment within the original scope of research for the currently-funded grant period.

NIH – Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

• Due: Varies by awarding IC
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Within project period of active grant
• Purpose: To enhance the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, postdocs, and eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds.
• Note: As of January 2021, NIGMS accepts applications to support faculty-level investigators developing independent research careers. Faculty who haven’t previously served as program director or principal investigator on NIH research grant, individual research career development award, or project leader of a NIH award subproject.

NIH – Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards

• Due: Varies by awarding IC
• Funding: Up to $50,000 direct costs
• Project period: Up to 1 year
• Purpose: To enhance the retention of investigators facing critical life events who are approaching the first renewal of their first independent grant or to a second new NIH grant.

NIH – Notice of Special Interest: NCI Supports Applications for the Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards (K01) Within the Mission of the Division of Cancer Control and Population

• Due: Rolling through May 7, 2029
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Up to 5 years
• Purpose: To support early career scientists conducting research within the mission of the Division of Cancer control and Population Sciences for the Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01), with the goal of eliminating cancer and its consequences for those impacted. Standard submission dates apply: Cycle 1- Feb 12; Cycle 2 – June 12; Cycle 3 – October 12.
• Eligibility: Candidates must have a research or health-professional doctoral degree and be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or a non-citizen national of the U.S. Mentor required. This opportunity may also support individuals who will be training in a new field or who have had a hiatus in their research career due to illness or pressing family circumstances.

NIH –Notice of Special Interest: Secondary Analysis of Posttraumatic Psychopathology Data

• Due: Rolling through January 8, 2025
• Funding: Varies
• Project Period: Varies
• Purpose: To support research that analyzes existing and accumulating data to help in refining phenotypes of posttraumatic psychopathology(ies), markers of onset and change, and risk, detection and to identify potential prevention and treatment targets.
• Eligibility: Early career and established investigators encouraged to apply.

NIH – Notice of Special Interest: Secondary Analysis of Posttraumatic Psychopathology Data

• Due: Rolling through January 8, 2025
• Funding: Varies
• Project period: Varies
• Purpose: To support research that analyzes existing and accumulating data to help in refining phenotypes of posttraumatic psychopathology(ies), markers of onset and change, and risk, detection and to identify potential prevention and treatment targets.
• Eligibility: Early career and established investigators encouraged to apply.

NIH/NIMH – NIMH Instrumentation Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Due dates: October 9, 2024

National Institutes of Health – Career Development (K) Awards

• New Applications due: annually on June 12, October 12
• Renewal/Revision/Resubmission: annually on March 12, July 12, November 12

National Institutes of Health – Individual Fellowship (F) Awards

National Institutes of Health – NIH Small Grant Program (R03)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity

• Due: Open
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Up to 3 years
• Purpose: To support research that focuses on improving health, well-being and health outcomes for marginalized groups of people.
• Eligibility: Organizations based in the US and its territories are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status.

Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) – Study Support Grants

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: Up to $4,000
• Project Period: 6 months.
• Purpose: To fund statistical and/or publication support of active PeDRA Studies
• Eligibility: Study Support Grants are available to PeDRA Members only.  Please login or join PeDRA to access deadline details and other content.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health

• Due: Open
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Up to 3 years
• Purpose: To support research that addresses any four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work, and also research that offers novel approaches to advancing health equity and progress towards a Culture of Health.
• Eligibility: Lead applicants must be based in the U.S. if there are international collaborations. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status.

Simons Foundation – SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) RFA

• Due: Rolling
• Funding: $100,000 per year
• Project period: Up to 3 years
• Purpose: Provides supplements to existing grants so PIs can recruit new lab members from American underrepresented minority groups at the postdoctoral level (must be U.S. citizens).
• Eligibility: SFARI PIs may apply if there are at least 18 months remaining on their SFARI-funded project. Postdoctoral applicants from American underrepresented minority groups who are U.S. citizens eligible to apply. Funding restricted to institutions in the U.S.

Tourette Association of America – Support for Research Consortia and Collaborative Research Projects

• Due: Rolling (LOI)
• Funding: Not specified
• Project period: Not specified
• Purpose: To provide seed funding to research consortia working on large issues relevant to TS, including the TAA genetics consortium, neuroimaging consortium, behavioral sciences consortium, deep brain stimulation registry and Treating Tourette Together summit and other projects that have direct impact on the patient and research community.
• Eligibility: Funding will be provided for projects involving collaboration among researchers and institutions.

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January

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) – Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research

• Due: January 14, 2025 (LOI)
• Funding: Up to $2M (feasibility phase); up to $20M (full scale study phase)
• Project Period: Up to 6.5 years (incl. feasibility phase 1.5 years)
• Purpose: To support high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research projects that will address critical decisions faced by patients, families, caregivers, clinicians, and the health and healthcare community (individual-level or cluster randomized controlled trials of significant scale and scope are expected for this RFA).
• Eligibility: Research entities (academic, private sector, or study-conducting), including nonprofit and for profit research organizations, colleges and universities may apply. Research must benefit and be relevant to the U.S. healthcare system.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) – Broad Pragmatic Studies (Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research)

• Due: January 14, 2025 (LOI)
• Funding: Up to $12 million
• Project Period: Over 5 years
• Purpose: To support patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research projects that align with at least one of the institute’s National Priorities for Health: Increase evidence for existing interventions and emerging innovations in health; accelerate progress toward an integrated learning health system; achieve health equity; or advance the science of dissemination, implementation, and health communication.
• Eligibility: Research entities (academic, private sector, or study-conducting), including nonprofit and for profit research organizations, colleges and universities may apply. Research must benefit and be relevant to the U.S. healthcare system.

National Science Foundation – Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)

• Due: January 23, 2025
• Funding: Not specified
• Project Period: Not specified
• Purpose: To support integrative, cross-disciplinary, mechanistic research of organismal response to climate change as a foundation that will lead to a deeper understanding and better predictions of the integrity, resilience, and adaptation of biological systems to climate change, when integrated with research at other levels of organization.
• Eligibility: PIs at any level affiliated with accredited two- and four-year institutions of higher learning in the U.S. or international branch campuses of U.S. institutions, non-profit organizations or tribal nations are eligible to apply.

February

National Science Foundation – Growing Convergence Research (GCR)

• Due: February 10, 2025
• Funding: $1,200,000 (Phase I); $2,400,000 (Phase II)
• Project Period: Up to 5 years (over 2 phases)
• Purpose: To support early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization by building a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.
• Eligibility: PI applicants must hold full-time appointments in research or teaching positions at US-based campuses/offices of eligible organizations.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – National Women’s Mental Health and Substance Use Technical Assistance Center

• Due: February 18, 2025
• Funding: Up to $2M/year
• Project Period: Up to 5 years
• Purpose: To enhance the capacity of healthcare providers serving women nation-wide in the core health specialties of mental health (MH) and substance use (SU), obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN), pediatrics, emergency services, crisis services, and primary care to address the diverse needs of women with, or at risk for mental and substance use disorders (SUD), including those who were greatly impacted by COVID-19.
• Eligibility: Available for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, tribal organizations, nonprofit community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address community behavioral health needs worsened by the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Alzheimer’s Association – Clinician Scientist Fellowship (AACSF) Program

• Due: February 27, 2025 (LOI)
• Funding: Up to $250,000
• Project Period: Up to 3 years
• Purpose: To support training of clinician scientists in Alzheimer’s and all other dementias. Requests for funds may not exceed $100,000 per year.
• Eligibility: Full-time clinicians (including postdoctoral fellows through Assistant Professors or equivalent) with an active license for clinical practice and patient evaluation who are w/in 15 years of receiving their MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent are eligible.

Alzheimer’s Association – Clinician Scientist Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AACSF-D) Program

• Due: February 27, 2025 (LOI)
• Funding: Up to $250,000
• Project Period: Up to 3 years
• Purpose: To support training of clinician scientists in Alzheimer’s and all other dementias. Requests for funds may not exceed $100,000 per year.
• Eligibility: Full-time clinicians (including postdoctoral fellows through Assistant Professors or equivalent) with an active license for clinical practice and patient evaluation who are w/in 15 years of receiving their MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent who are considered underrepresented faculty in biomedical and behavioral research are eligible. A Diversity Self Statement must be submitted during the Letter of Intent stage.

Alzheimer’s Association – Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship (AARF)

• Due: February 27, 2025 (LOI)
• Funding: Up to $200,000
• Project Period: Up to 3 years
• Purpose: To support exceptional researchers at the postdoctoral fellows engaged in post-graduate work and other researchers below the level of Assistant Professor or their first independent faculty position, who are working in diverse areas of research, including basic, translational, clinical, functional and social-behavioral research.
• Eligibility: Postdoctoral fellows, research scientists, instructors, project scientists, or an equivalent level, with full time positions at their respective institution, who have less than 10 years of research experience after receipt of their doctorate or other terminal degree are eligible.

March

National Academy of Medicine – NAM Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence: Advancing Equity and Implementing National Strategies to Improve Diagnosis

• Due: March 3, 2025
• Funding: Up to $40k
• Project Period: 1 year
• Purpose: To develop the next generation of research leaders who can drive implementation of effective strategies to support diagnostic excellence and raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine.
• Eligibility: Strong preference will be given to candidates (MD, DO,PhD, or equivalent) at U.S. based institutions, who are U.S. citizens for permanent residents, and whose proposals focus on recommendations highlighted in the 2015 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, when applicable.

August

American Hearing Research Foundation – AHRF Discovery Grants

• Due: August 15, 2025
• Funding: Up to $50,000
• Project Period: 1 year
• Purpose: To support studies that investigate various aspects of hearing and balance disorders associated with the inner ear.
• Eligibility: Priority is given to early career investigators who need seed funding to generate preliminary data that can be used to apply for larger grants administered by the NIH or other entities.

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