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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear staff members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you are planning to apply for an investment still in 2023, please fill the necessary documents and send these to me. I’ll collect the files and forward these to Shabnam Zandvakili. Shabnam needs to have complete files
on the 24<sup>th</sup> of November latest, so that the applications can be handled in the last Investment Commission meeting of this year in December.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">When you are planning to make investments in 2024, please fill the these in the enclosed form and return the document to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Marja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL">Marja Herronen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C8E94;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL">Department of Physics and Astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C8E94;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL">Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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+31 (0)20 59 87892 | <a href="mailto:m.e.herronen@vu.nl"><span style="color:blue">m.e.herronen@vu.nl</span></a><br>
De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL">www:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL">
</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/faculties/faculty-of-science/departments/physics-and-astronomy"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">Physics and Astronomy</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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