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The Office of Research has partnered with Hanover to expand research resources to the AU community. These resources include funding alerts for a wide range of federal and non-federal opportunities, grant calendars that are focused on specific fields of discipline, informative webinars on subjects such as early career and mid-career funding opportunities, research writing strategies, and much more.

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