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<p class="MsoNormal">Please be advised that Grants.gov is currently down. They have advised the community to continue to submit applications due today and to contact the help desk to document the attempt to submit. <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html">Click
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will provide a notification once Grants.gov is back on-line. If you have questions please contact your grants officer or the PERIS™ team at
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