<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-da373dcc-7fff-bb5c-ebb5-9c47cfdbf5d1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We are excited to announce that the </span><a href="https://datacite.org/global-access-fund/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">DataCite Global Access Fund</span></a><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (GAF) Call for Proposals is open. Thanks to a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the GAF offers financial support for outreach and infrastructure development in regions currently underrepresented in our community. The DataCite GAF is part of our </span><a href="https://datacite.org/global-access-program/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Global Access Program (GAP)</span></a><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, an initiative that aims to foster community awareness, equitable access, and inclusivity by addressing financial, technical, and communication barriers. We invite non-profit organizations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America to submit an application before October 15. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To learn more, please read our </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5438/hk09-mh18" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">blog post</span></a><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and join the </span><a href="https://datacite.zoom.us/webinar/register/7116939106172/WN_2vr404izRnC0Ccs5OsgLpg" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">webinar</span></a><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> on September 13, 2023 You can share this announcement with your colleagues and other organizations to join us in strengthening open research infrastructure globally.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Best regards,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Gabi</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="g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