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<div style="margin: 0px"><span data-markjs="true" class="markc4afzoss7" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NCCAT</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s
next application deadline for <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">
no-cost nationwide<span> </span></span>cryoEM access is October 1,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark6all62vf5" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2020
for</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> our</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white"><span data-markjs="true" class="mark6all62vf5" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2021</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> scheduling</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark2j043stl5" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cycle1</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white"><span data-markjs="true" class="mark6all62vf5" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2021</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-C1)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we have reconfigured our services to allow access to our cryoEM instrumentation and resources in a remote format.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Apply today:</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nccat.nysbc.org/proposalcentral/__;!!Mih3wA!Xiop4u6GjyyEeY7xOGrHEfuOxHz2Pssst8tdKmWQO4cRfPwmbJGlqv9uwcK4FMtQRg$">https://nccat.nysbc.org/proposalcentral/</a>
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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have two (2) main access categories:</span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1)</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>General User Proposal
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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2)</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>cross-Training Program
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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Users may still apply for COVID-19 cryoEM instrumentation access through our GUP-c access category.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px"><i></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mark your calendars:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">Joint</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> CryoEM Service Centers Webinar Series. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Registration
is at no-cost, but sign-up is required: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web__;!!Mih3wA!Xiop4u6GjyyEeY7xOGrHEfuOxHz2Pssst8tdKmWQO4cRfPwmbJGlqv9uwcI0YPMzEg$">https://us02web</a>.</span><span data-markjs="true" class="markf7zymxs91" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">zoom</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.us/webinar/register/WN_FJvdpAUfSzqSJdpySs3aug
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<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="">National Cryo-EM Service Centers</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">commonfund.nih.gov/CryoEM</span></div>
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