DOC: Acknowledgements

README.md

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 For general information on how to use or contribute to DataLad (and this
 extension), please see the [DataLad website](http://datalad.org) or the
 [main GitHub project page](http://datalad.org).
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+## Acknowledgements
+
+DataLad development is supported by a US-German collaboration in
+computational neuroscience (CRCNS) project "DataGit: converging catalogues,
+warehouses, and deployment logistics into a federated 'data distribution'"
+(Halchenko/Hanke), co-funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF
+1429999) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF
+01GQ1411). Additional support is provided by the German federal state of
+Saxony-Anhalt and the European Regional Development
+Fund (ERDF), Project: Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Imaging Platform