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 # __Feedback welcome!__
 clEsperanto is developed in the open because we believe in the [open source community](https://clij.github.io/clij2-docs/community_guidelines). 
 Feel free to drop feedback as [github issue](https://github.com/clEsperanto/CLIc_prototype/issues) or via [image.sc](https://image.sc).  
-And if you liked our work, star the repository, share it with your friends, and use it to make cool stuff!
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+And if you liked our work, star the repository, share it with your friends, and use it to make cool stuff!
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+## Acknowledgements
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+We acknowledge support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under Germany’s Excellence Strategy (EXC2068) Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life of TU Dresden.
+This project has been made possible in part by grant number 2021-237734 ([GPU-accelerating Fiji and friends using distributed CLIJ, NEUBIAS-style, EOSS4](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/gpu-accelerating-fiji-and-friends-using-distributed-clij-neubias-style/)) from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.