Dear colleagues – The following letter was provided by Deb Bell-Pedersen, on behalf of the Fungal Genetics Policy Committee, in support of our NIH grant application for continued funding of VEuPathDB.org (the Eukaryotic Pathogen, Vector & Host informatics Resource, including FungiDB.org).  To endorse this fungal community letter, please add your name below ... and don’t forget to click the ‘Sign Letter’ button at the bottom of the page!  Note that we are asking for signatures from lab heads only, as they are the formal recipients of grants.  If you are not a PI, but would nevertheless like to register your support, feel free to bring this note to the attention of your lab head.  You are also welcome to forward this solicitation to other appropriate investigators.  Responses will be most helpful if received before 1 Aug 2023.  Thank you for considering this request -- Omar Harb, Mary Ann McDowell and David Roos  ... on behalf of the entire VEuPathDB team