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+## This folder has been archived, and will no longer be maintained or updated. The current version can be found in the Zcash Foundation’s new canonical [GitHub repo](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zfnd/tree/master/grants), which publishes directly to a corresponding section of our [website](https://www.zfnd.org/grants/).
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+## Archival date: 1/17/2019