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</span><strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Merit Allocation Program</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt"><em>** including guaranteed time for ESO, Optical/IR and Gravitational Wave projects **</em></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) - 2022A Semester</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt"><em>EoI Deadline: Friday 8th October, 2021 @ 8pm AEST</em></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Expressions of interest are 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 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, due in early November.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><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><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-c6mC5QPXJiZkPXBPuz2d7H?domain=adacs.org.au/" target="_blank">Please visit this link for specific EoI instructions and for more details about
the program</a><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">This semester, time in this program is guaranteed for:</span></div>
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<li style="font-size: 11pt"><strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">ESO & Optical/IR</strong><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt"> projects via resources allocated by the Optical
Data Centre (ODC); and</span></li><li style="font-size: 11pt"><strong style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">gravitational wave</strong><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt"> projects via resources allocated by the Gravitational
Wave Data Centre (GWDC).</span></li></ul>
<div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">We particularly encourage applicants with projects relevant to these communities to apply.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br>
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</span><em style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">ADACS is a collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and Curtin University; ODC is managed by Macquarie University; and GWDC is managed by Swinburne University
of Technology. All are funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL).</em></div>
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<td style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em; horizontal-align:left;"><!-- Name and position --><strong><span style="color: #af403f; font-size: 1.3em;"><font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Gregory B. Poole</font><br>
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