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EERE Subtopic 2.1: Advances in Industrial and Process Drying |
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Department of Energy (DOE) |
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EERE Subtopic 2.1: Advances in Industrial and Process Drying
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Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
Subtopic 2.1 Background: Most industrial subsectors involve thermal dehydration during one or several phases of their manufacturing processes, mainly using fossil fuels at thermal efficiencies in the range of 20-60%.26 Drying is often the most energy intensive process in industry, relying on numerous dryer types for many process and end product forms with different drying requirements. In addition, dryer inlet moistures are often driven by product quality requirements and drying load requirements vary widely. Subtopic 2.1 Opportunity: As a component of process heating, drying represents a significant area of energy utilization. Water and organic compound removal, typically operating in the temperature range of 200 – 700oF, consumed an estimated 1,178 trillion Btu of energy (2010)27. Crosscutting technologies are sought in this subtopic area to increase thermal efficiencies or reduce the amount of process energy required for drying.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315631
Submission Limits
An entity may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each subtopic area of this FOA.
Cost Sharing:
Regardless of entity type, the cost share must be at least 20% of the total allowable costs for research and development projects (i.e., the sum of the Government share, including FFRDC costs if applicable, and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) and must come from non-federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law. (See 2 CFR 200.306 and 2 CFR 910.130 for the applicable cost sharing requirements.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 24, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 25, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 31, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Jun 7, 2019 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Jun 20, 2019 |
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Aug 29, 2019
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EERE Subtopic 2.2: Thermal Process Intensification |
DE-FOA-0001980 |
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Department of Energy (DOE) |
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EERE Subtopic 2.2: Thermal Process Intensification
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Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
Subtopic 2.2 Background: Traditional industrial thermal processes can be inefficient, difficult to control, and result in materials and products with compromised quality and performance. As such, new and innovative approaches are sought that thermally intensify processes, as well as use low/no direct application of heat to transform materials into higher value products.
Subtopic 2.2 Opportunity: 95% of process heating energy is attributable to direct and indirect (fossil) fuel use: i.e., in the U.S., less than 5% of process heating operations utilize electricity.29 Since electromagnetic (EM) energy interacts with different materials in unique ways, EM technologies (electrotechnologies) have the potential to intensify existing process heating methods, as well as enable new approaches and processes, in some cases even obviating the thermal demand. These alternative approaches to materials processing can lead to materials and products with improved properties, as well as entirely new products.
While some electrotechnologies have been adopted by the manufacturing sector where mechanisms are well understood (e.g. dielectric heating), uptake is limited. There is a vast EM spectrum that can be harnessed, and other wave/material mechanisms that could enable new applications. In addition, the potential of hybrid technologies has not been capitalized upon. For example, the development of integrated, enhanced, and compact process equipment to synergistically intensify thermal, mass, and momentum processes30 has the potential to significantly improve advanced manufacturing energy productivity.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315631
Submission Limits
An entity may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each subtopic area of this FOA.
Cost Sharing:
Regardless of entity type, the cost share must be at least 20% of the total allowable costs for research and development projects (i.e., the sum of the Government share, including FFRDC costs if applicable, and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) and must come from non-federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law. (See 2 CFR 200.306 and 2 CFR 910.130 for the applicable cost sharing requirements.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
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| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 25, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
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| Results of Internal Competition |
Jun 7, 2019 |
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EERE Subtopic 3.1: Medium-Voltage Power Conditioning Systems to enable Grid-Dispatchable and Resilient Manufacturing Facilities |
DE-FOA-0001980 |
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Department of Energy (DOE) |
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EERE Subtopic 3.1: Medium-Voltage Power Conditioning Systems to enable Grid-Dispatchable and Resilient Manufacturing Facilities
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Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
Subtopic 3.1 Background: Recent advancements in Wide-Bandgap (WBG) semiconductors include new high-voltage, high-frequency switching (>10 kV, >20 kHz) power semiconductor devices that meet industry standard reliability qualification requirements. These devices enable Medium-Voltage (MV) power electronics with transformative performance in industrial power system applications.
Subtopic 3.1 Opportunity: Manufacturing consumes approximately one-fourth of the energy demand in the U.S. and draws on a diverse set of energy resources to serve a variety of end uses. As such, energy generation and delivery are tightly coupled with manufacturing, and the resiliency and cyber security of one is dependent on the other. Multi-megawatt Power Conditioning Systems (PCS) provide the potential to utilize the intrinsic chemical, thermal and mechanical energy of manufacturing processes to provide electricity generation and storage to the grid as well as to provide resiliency and flexibility to manufacturing processes.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315631
Submission Limits
An entity may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each subtopic area of this FOA.
Cost Sharing:
Regardless of entity type, the cost share must be at least 20% of the total allowable costs for research and development projects (i.e., the sum of the Government share, including FFRDC costs if applicable, and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) and must come from non-federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law. (See 2 CFR 200.306 and 2 CFR 910.130 for the applicable cost sharing requirements.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 24, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 25, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 31, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Jun 7, 2019 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Jun 20, 2019 |
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EERE Subtopic 3.2: High Power to Heat Ratio, High Efficiency Combined Heat & Power (CHP) |
DE-FOA-0001980 |
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Department of Energy (DOE) |
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EERE Subtopic 3.2: High Power to Heat Ratio, High Efficiency Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
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Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
Subtopic 3.2 Background: Combined Heat & Power (CHP) is the concurrent production of electricity or mechanical power and useful thermal energy (heating and/or cooling) from a single source of energy. CHP technologies provide manufacturing facilities, commercial buildings, institutional facilities, and communities with ways to reduce energy costs and emissions while also providing more resilient and reliable electric power and thermal energy. CHP systems combine the production of heat (for both heating and cooling) and electric power into one process, using much less fuel than when heat and power are produced separately. CHP can operate in one of two ways: either a "topping" cycle, where engines, turbines, or fuel cells generate electricity and the waste heat is used for either heating or cooling, or a "bottoming" cycle, where waste heat from an industrial or other source is used to drive an electricity generator, frequently a steam turbine.
Today’s CHP systems are generally designed to meet the thermal demand of the energy user – whether at building, plant or city-wide levels – because it maximizes system efficiency and costs less to transport surplus electricity than to pipe surplus heat from a CHP plant33. CHP systems can achieve energy efficiencies of 75 percent or more, compared to producing heat and power separately, which is on average less than 50 percent efficient34.
Subtopic 3.2 Opportunity: The focus on facilities that are dominated by thermal demands leaves out a significant population of manufacturing plants which are dominated by electrical needs. These include assembly plants, electrochemical plants such as chlor-alkali manufacturers, and industrial gas facilities, among others. This population does not include the large commercial and institutional sectors, where electric demand frequently dominates. A comprehensive discussion of the issues and opportunities that are associated with deploying highly-efficient CHP to applications that fall outside of the traditional thermally-driven systems appears in a technology assessment on combined heat and power systems35. An analysis examined how much increased technical potential and energy savings could be captured if CHP systems could be deployed in manufacturing applications with a power to heat (P/H) ratio of up to 1.5 (P/H ratios in existing CHP systems are closer to 0.75). This analysis showed that expanding the market applications for CHP systems to those driven more by electrical rather than thermal output could save an additional 144 trillion Btu of energy beyond existing CHP technologies alone.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315631
Submission Limits
An entity may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each subtopic area of this FOA.
Cost Sharing:
Regardless of entity type, the cost share must be at least 20% of the total allowable costs for research and development projects (i.e., the sum of the Government share, including FFRDC costs if applicable, and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) and must come from non-federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law. (See 2 CFR 200.306 and 2 CFR 910.130 for the applicable cost sharing requirements.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 24, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 25, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 31, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
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EERE Subtopic 3.3: Verification & Validation of CHP & District Energy |
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EERE Subtopic 3.3: Verification & Validation of CHP & District Energy
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Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
Subtopic 3.3 Background: In a district energy (DE) system, a central plant or plants produce steam, hot water, or chilled water, which is then pumped through a network of insulated pipes to provide space heating, cooling, and/or hot water for nearby buildings. DE systems can also provide electricity through the use of CHP or other technologies.
There were more than 660 estimated DE systems operating in the U.S. in 2012, with installations in every state, providing heating to an estimated 5.5B square feet of floor space and cooling to 1.9B square feet of floor space. DE distribution systems have a number of benefits:
• They serve as a type of energy storage, with steam, hot water or chilled water circulating in the system, effectively smoothing the load for the central plant. They promote higher load factors by serving a more stable, predictable combined load, while reducing the need for excess peak heating or cooling capacity.
• They aggregate energy requirements of many different buildings providing economies of scale that allow DE systems to employ high efficiency technologies and industrial-grade equipment that would not be economically or technically feasible for individual buildings.
Subtopic 3.3 Opportunity: New technical challenges and opportunities have been identified that, if addressed, can lead to the development of new DE systems that can provide energy security and resiliency. These include:
• Low temperature DE systems conversion
• Integration of renewable, intermittent energy sources and/or thermal energy storage
• Incorporating efficient CHP systems and community-based microgrids
• Advanced metering, monitoring, and system optimization
• Enhanced cybersecurity of highly-networked DE systems
• Distribution system improvements
• Innovative new business models that efficiently and cost-effectively link end use customers with heat sources
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315631
Submission Limits
An entity may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each subtopic area of this FOA.
Cost Sharing:
Regardless of entity type, the cost share must be at least 20% of the total allowable costs for research and development projects (i.e., the sum of the Government share, including FFRDC costs if applicable, and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) and must come from non-federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law. (See 2 CFR 200.306 and 2 CFR 910.130 for the applicable cost sharing requirements.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 24, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 25, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 31, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Jun 7, 2019 |
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Education and Workforce Development: Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (REEU) |
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 |
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United States Department of Agriculture |
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Education and Workforce Development: Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (REEU)
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United States Department of Agriculture
Description
Projects must provide undergraduate students with experiential learning opportunities that include significant research and/or extension components in the food and agricultural sciences. • Projects must be aligned with one or more of the six AFRI priority areas. • Within the Farm Bill priority areas, the REEU program area may also include opportunities for digital and data competency development within the undergraduate research and extension learning experiences. o The Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and Tools (FACT) initiative recognizes that data in agricultural systems is used to identify solutions and often involves highdimensional and multi-scale data, machine learning, data visualization, and predictive modeling. Approaches to using data also can require transdisciplinary teams to work across scientific, economic, environmental, and industrial spheres. The FACT Initiative invests in efforts that integrate information technology, computer science, engineering, statistics, business, economics, and social sciences communities with traditional agricultural research, education, extension, as well as agricultural producers and food-system participants. NOTE: If a FACT component is included in the proposal, include the acronym “FACT†in the title.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314956
Submission Limits
Any single institution may submit a maximum of three grant applications; limit of
one award per lead institution
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 3, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 4, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 20, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
May 27, 2019 |
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Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports exceptionally innovative,
complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs focus on creating new
scientific paradigms, establishing entirely new scientific disciplines and developing transformative technologies which
have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships
among institutions of higher education, national laboratories, industrial organizations, other public or private entities,
and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake potentially groundbreaking
investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or highly innovative approaches within disciplines. STCs may
involve any area of science and engineering that NSF supports. STC investments support the NSF vision of creating
and exploiting new concepts in science and engineering and providing global leadership in research and education.
Centers provide a rich environment for encouraging future scientists, engineers, and educators to take risks in
pursuing discoveries and new knowledge. STCs foster excellence in education by integrating education and
research, and by creating bonds between learning and inquiry so that discovery and creativity fully support the
learning process.
NSF expects STCs to demonstrate leadership in the involvement of groups traditionally underrepresented in science
and engineering at all levels (faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers) within the Center. Centers use either
proven or innovative mechanisms to address issues such as recruitment, retention and mentorship of participants
from underrepresented groups.
Centers must undertake activities that facilitate knowledge transfer, i.e., the exchange of scientific and technical
information with the objective of disseminating and utilizing knowledge broadly in multiple sectors. Examples of
knowledge transfer include technology transfer, providing key information to public policy-makers, or dissemination of
knowledge from one field of science to another.
More Information
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19567/nsf19567.pdf
Submission Limits
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 3
A single organization may submit a maximum of three preliminary proposals as the lead institution. Full proposals are
to be submitted only when invited by NSF. There is no limit on the number of proposals in which an organization
participates as a partner institution. The STC program will not support more than one Center from any one lead
institution in this competition.
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or Co-PI: 1
A PI or co-PI on one proposal in this competition may not be a participant in another STC proposal under review in
the same competition. If a proposal is declined at any stage of the review process, a PI or co-PI on the declined
proposal may then participate in another STC proposal. This eligibility constraint will be strictly enforced. In the event
that an individual exceeds this limit, proposals will be accepted based on the earliest date and time of proposal
submission (i.e., the first compliant proposal received will be accepted and the others will be returned without review).
No exceptions will be made.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 3, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 4, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 13, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
May 24, 2019 |
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Education and Workforce Development: Professional Development for Secondary School Teachers and Educational Professionals |
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 |
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Education and Workforce Development: Professional Development for Secondary School Teachers and Educational Professionals
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United States Department of Agriculture
Description
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) is America’s flagship competitive grants program that provides funding for fundamental and applied research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. In FY 2019 and FY 2020, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the AFRI’s Education and Workforce Development (EWD) Program areas to support: • professional development opportunities for K-14 educational professionals; • workforce training at community, junior, and technical colleges; • training of undergraduate students in research and extension; and • fellowships for predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars.
More Information
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314956
Submission Limits
Any single institution may submit a maximum of three grant applications; limit of
one award per lead institution
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 3, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 4, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 13, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
May 20, 2019 |
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Beckman) |
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Beckman Scholars Program
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Beckman)
Description
The Beckman Scholars Program is a limited-submission, invitation-only program. Each year, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation carefully reviews extensive information about institutions across the country and then identifies colleges and universities to receive Beckman Scholars Program application invitations. Invited institutions demonstrate a significant commitment to undergraduate research in chemistry, the biological sciences and/or interdisciplinary combinations thereof. They also show the capability to compete successfully on a national level for scientific research funds in peer-reviewed government and private foundation supported programs over previous years. Their faculties and their research facilities are judged to be of the quality necessary to support the caliber of undergraduate research program sought for Beckman Scholars. Members of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Council participate in the selection of institutions that are invited.
Factors considered in these selections include:
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Support
NIH Academic Research Enhancement Awards (NIHE)
National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Awards
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Awards (REU)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Grants (HH)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Grants "to advance the science of chemistry and the related sciences" (Dreyfus)
Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Awards (ResC)
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Awards (PRF)
Active chemistry and biological sciences participation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Annual Meetings
More Information
http://www.beckman-foundation.org
Submission Limits
One per institution
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
May 3, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
May 4, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 13, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
May 20, 2019 |
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Education and Workforce Development Program: Agricultural Workforce Training Grants |
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 |
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United States Department of Agriculture |
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Education and Workforce Development Program: Agricultural Workforce Training Grants
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United States Department of Agriculture
Description
Research, Education, Extension or Integrated Projects must address the following: • All applications to this program area must provide workforce training in at least one of the six AFRI priority areas. • Projects should develop curriculum for workforce training in the food and agricultural sciences at community, junior, and technical colleges/institutes. o Curriculum development includes and is not limited to creation of curriculum and instructional delivery systems, pilot testing/implementation of curriculum and delivery methods, development of assessment tools, and evaluation. • Projects of interest include but are not limited to: o Curriculum for industry-based training programs/apprenticeships allowing students to ‘earn while they learn’ o Curriculum for new job-based, experiential learning opportunities that allow students more time working in job simulation or ‘on-the-job’ training environments
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o Refreshing existing workforce development curriculum to meet the needs of 21st century agricultural industry
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https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314956
Submission Limits
Any single institution may submit a maximum of three grant applications; limit of one award per lead institution.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Apr 26, 2019 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Apr 27, 2019 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
May 6, 2019 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
May 13, 2019 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Jun 11, 2019 |
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Aug 22, 2019
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