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 # Slow Control Transport Protocol ('sctrltp')
 
-developed by the
-Electronic Vision(s) Group, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics,
-Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
+The software in this repository has been developed by staff and students
+of Heidelberg University as part of the research carried out by the
+Electronic Vision(s) group at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics.
+The research is funded by Heidelberg University, the State of
+Baden-Württemberg, the European Union Sixth Framework Programme no.
+15879 (FACETS), the Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreements
+no 604102 (HBP), 269921 (BrainScaleS), 243914 (Brain-i-Nets), the
+Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under grant agreement 720270 (HBP) as
+well as from the Manfred Stärk Foundation.