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List of required information for application:

1. Project title

2. Brief project summary

3. Project objective and significance

4. Detailed methodology and approach for producing High Quality Human Reference Genomes (HQRG) and haplotype-resolved human genome assemblies

5. Description of the team of ethical, legal, and social issues scholars and their role in the project

6. Plans for integrating the scholars with the consortium and addressing topics related to the development of a human pangenome resource

7. Description of the prioritization and selection process for samples from diverse participants consented for open access data release

8. Plan for data release and data sovereignty considerations

9. Definition of diversity in the context of the project

10. Timeline for the production of 200 new HQRG for inclusion in the human pangenome reference

11. Budget breakdown and justification

12. Description of the applicant organization's previous experience and expertise related to genome sequencing and research

13. Compliance with eligibility criteria (only recipient organizations funded under RFA-HG-19-002 are eligible to apply)

14. Contact information of the project lead or principal investigator

15. Letters of support from relevant stakeholders or collaborators.

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Up to 50% funding to a maximum $50,000 grant per project;
Applicants may receive up to 50% of eligible costs for up to $10,000 to $50,000 in grant funding per project;
The applicant is responsible for the remaining 50% of costs;
The annual CanExport contribution maximum is $99,999 (in the event of multiple projects approved in the same government fiscal year);
A group of related companies cannot receive >$200,000 in funding in a single fiscal year. Projects budgets should be between $20,000-100,000; and
Applicants can apply for funding multiple times as long as their prior CanExport application has been completed all reporting is finished.

To be eligible for the CanExport program, Canadian businesses must:

Maintain 1 to <500 full-time employees;
Earn annual revenues ranging from $100,000 to $100,000,000;
Be federally incorporated federally or classified as a limited liability partnership (LLP);
Create eligible project expenses of $20,000 or more; and
Be financially stable and able to pay all project expenses not covered by the program.

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