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<b>This message is for US colleagues.</b></div>
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Please contact your House Rep. today to support relief funding for science. The deadline for them to sign on is
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Ask your members of Congress to sign onto the bipartisan letter urging relief for science and health researchers.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span>Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) are seeking signatures from House members on
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their bipartisan letter</a> in support of the $26 billion in funding for:</span><span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<li><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span>Cost extensions for research grants and contracts;</span><span> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt">Emergency relief to sustain research personnel and base operating costs at core and user-funded research facilities until research activities return to pre-pandemic levels; and<span> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt">Additional fellowships, traineeships, and research assistantships for up to two years.<span> </span></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span>We urge you to contact your Representatives and ask them to show their support for science by signing today!<br>
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The deadline to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-FTU5loYRrY2iS1Oblgkb9FcdNUg97ceys4PkAbo5i7R4qg/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
sign on </a>is this <strong>Thursday, 23 April at 5pm ET.</strong> Take a few minutes to
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contact your legislators</a>, it will make a big difference!<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Dr. Tai-Yin Huang, Professor of Physics</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">IDEA,<a class="OWAAutoLink" href="http://sites.psu.edu/idea"> http://sites.psu.edu/idea</a></p>
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<u></u><font color="#000120"></font>Member of Commission for Women and Equity Action Resource Team<br>
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