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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, and the NMNH Informatics and Data Science Center is seeking an independent contractor to assist with
data science services related to analyzing digitized specimen-based occurrence data. Attached is the formal Request for Quote, Statement of Work, and associated documents.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Quotes are due to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pfeifferj@si.edu" title="mailto:pfeifferj@si.edu"><span style="color:black">pfeifferj@si.edu</span></a> by 5:00 PM Eastern
Time on Friday, May 31, 2024. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please forward this announcement to any qualified candidates who might be interested. If you have any questions regarding this contract, please do not hesitate to contact me.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">John Pfeiffer, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Research Zoologist and Curator of Bivalvia</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Invertebrate Zoology</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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