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 - [Purpose](#purpose)
 - [Technical](#technical)
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 Both the issue queue and the [Roadmap](https://github.com/wcmc-its/ReCiter/wiki/Roadmap) include some areas where we want to improve ReCiter.
 
 
+## Funding acknolwedgment
+
+Various components in the ReCiter suite of applications has been funded by:
+- The National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through grant number UL1TR002384 
+- National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health under a cooperative agreement with Region 7
+- Lyrasis through its Catalyst fund
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 ## Follow up
 
-- Technical questions: contact [Sarbajit Dutta](mailto:[email protected]) or [Jie Lin](mailto:[email protected]).
-- Functional questions: contact [Paul Albert](mailto:[email protected]), [Michael Bales](mailto:[email protected]),  or [email protected].
+Please submit any questions to [Paul Albert](mailto:[email protected]). You may expect a response within one to two business days. 
 
-You may expect a response within one to two business days. We use GitHub issues to track bugs and feature requests. If you find a bug, please feel free to open an issue.
+We use GitHub issues to track bugs and feature requests. If you find a bug, please feel free to open an issue.
 
 Contributions welcome!