diff --git a/docs/source/release/v3.9.0/framework.rst b/docs/source/release/v3.9.0/framework.rst
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@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ CurveFitting
 - `Exclude` is new property of :ref:`Fit <algm-Fit>`, which allows for a user defined range to be excluded from a fit.
 - System tests and Fitting Benchmarks have been added for testing the minimizer, the scripts generate the tables displayed on :ref:`FittingMinimzers page <FittingMinimizers>`. This System tests also demo how these tables can be created as a standard Mantid script.
 
+The work on benchmarking fitting has received funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework 
+Programme of the European Union under the SINE2020 project Grant No 654000
+
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