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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is an announcement posted on 8/24/12 regarding filename attachments. Please read and be sure to adhere to the guideline. They are enforcing this requirement.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1><a href="http://grants-gov.blogspot.com/2012/08/summary-of-grantsgov-release-120.html">New Application Attachment Filename Requirement</a> <o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Attachment Filename Characters are now Validated and Enforced:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Beginning August 15, 2012, applicants are now limited to using the following characters in all attachment file names.<b> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Valid file names may only include the following<b> UTF-8 characters: </b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>A-Z, a-z, 0-9, underscore ( _ ), hyphen (-), space, period.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>If applicants use any other characters when naming their attachment files their applications will be rejected.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Olga<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Olga S. Carr<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Manager, Grant & Contract Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>183 Oyster Pond Rd., MS #39<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Woods Hole, MA 02543<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>508-289-2462 (phone)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>508-457-2189 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ocarr@whoi.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>