I would like to discuss a task similar to “The work looks valuable, but the funding path is unclear”

A possible distinction: Funding is not established.

Possible first output: An opportunity decision note: explore, nurture, defer or close, with reasons.

I would like to check whether this first step fits our task and discuss terms for further work.

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