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<em>This is a reminder that the deadline for Expressions of Interest for the 2021A semester of the ADACS Merit Allocation Program is this </em><strong><em>Friday, 2nd October</em></strong><em>. See details below:</em><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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<strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Call for Expressions of Interest (EoI) - 2021A Semester</strong></blockquote>
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<strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt"><em>EoI Deadline: Friday 2nd October, 2020 @ 8pm AEST</em></strong></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Expressions of interest are now being accepted for the next semester of the ADACS Merit Allocation Program. Those who could benefit either from training or the development effort
of software professionals are encouraged at this time to submit a simple one-page document expressing their project idea. ADACS staff will then follow-up with applicants to organise a discussion with a goal of organising a final application, to be due the
first week of November.</span></blockquote>
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<strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Note: all applicants must participate in the EoI process in order for a final submission to be accepted.</strong></blockquote>
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<a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Pl9gCjZ1N7i42l5VIWNvi8?domain=adacs.org.au/" target="_blank">Please visit this link for specific EoI instructions and for more details
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<em style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">ADACS is a collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and Curtin University. It is funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)
Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL).</em></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="color: rgb(165, 64, 63); font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold">Gregory B. Poole</font></span></strong><br>
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