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Coordinated Project</b>*</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#091C3E'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]></span></span><a href="https://scabusa.org/research_rfp-fy24/Cat3" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><span style='color:#4472C4'>Category 3</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><span style='color:#091C3E'> – <b>Research Area Individual Project 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(FST)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#091C3E'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#091C3E'>Gene Discovery and Engineering Resistance (GDER)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#091C3E'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#091C3E'>Pathogen Biology and Genetics (PBG)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#091C3E'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#091C3E'>Other – Pre-proposals that do not fit into a specific research area or coordinated project may also be submitted in this Category<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk78884496'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk141887814'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#091C3E'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> 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