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== Funding == OMF have fund-raised primarily from ME sufferers and community for the research. The [[National Institutes of Health]] have rejected almost all funding applications, except for partial refunding of the technology for creating a diagnostic biomarker in ME/CFS.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Esfandyarpour | first = R. | authorlink = Rahim Esfandyarpour | last2 = Kashi | first2 = A. | authorlink2=Alex Kashi | last3 = Nemat-Gorgani | first3 = M. | authorlink3 =Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani | last4 = Wilhelmy | first4 = J. | authorlink4 = Julie Wilhelmy | last5 = Davis | first5 = R.W. | authorlink5=Ronald Davis | date = 2019-05-21 | title = A nanoelectronics-blood-based diagnostic biomarker for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)|url=http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.1901274116|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=116|issue=21|pages=10250β10257|doi=10.1073/pnas.1901274116|issn=0027-8424|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref>https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9577948&icde=40034644</ref><ref name="JDafoe2020">{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/JanetDafoe/status/1248561426165198850|user=janetdafoe | authorlink = Janet Dafoe | last = Dafoe | first = Janet | date = 2020-04-22 | title = This is so disingenuous}}</ref> In January 2018 Pineapple fund, a philanthropic project by an early bitcoin investor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pineapplefund.org/ | title = Pineapple Fund | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = |website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>, donated $1 million to OMF.<ref name=":0" /> The anonymous donor was so touched by the outpouring of appreciation from the worldwide ME community that they increased the donation to $5 million.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=https://www.omf.ngo/2018/02/02/pineapple-fund/ | title = Pineapple Fund increases donation to $5 million {{!}} Open Medicine Foundation | date = 2018-02-02|work=Open Medicine Foundation|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-US}} </ref> In May 2018, OMF received a new $1 million anonymous pledge to escalate Dr. [[Ronald Davis]]βs systems biology approach with [[Robert Phair]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.omf.ngo/2018/05/24/new-1-million-donation-for-me-cfs-research/ | title = New $1 million donation for ME/CFS research! {{!}} Open Medicine Foundation | date = 2018-05-24|work=Open Medicine Foundation|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
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