diff --git a/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md b/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md
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+# Acknowledgments
+
+The development of BrainPy is being or has been supported by many organizations, programs, and individuals since 2020. 
+The following list of support received is therefore necessarily incomplete.
+
+
+This project has received funding from Science and Technology Innovation 2030 (China Brain Project):
+
+- Brain Science and Brain-inspired Intelligence Project (No. 2021ZD0200204).
+
+Additionally, BrainPy gratefully acknowledges the support and funding received from:
+
+- Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence. 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 - **[brainpy-examples](https://github.com/brainpy/examples)**: Comprehensive examples of BrainPy computation. 
 - **[brainpy-datasets](https://github.com/brainpy/datasets)**: Neuromorphic and Cognitive Datasets for Brain Dynamics Modeling.
 
-## Citing and Funding
-
-If you are using ``brainpy``, please consider citing [the corresponding papers](https://brainpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial_FAQs/citing_and_publication.html). 
+## Citing 
 
 BrainPy is developed by a team in Neural Information Processing Lab at Peking University, China. 
 Our team is committed to the long-term maintenance and development of the project. 
 
-Moreover, the development of BrainPy is being or has been supported by Science and Technology 
-Innovation 2030 - Brain Science and Brain-inspired Intelligence Project (China Brain Project), 
-and Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence. 
+If you are using ``brainpy``, please consider citing [the corresponding papers](https://brainpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial_FAQs/citing_and_publication.html). 
+
 
 
 ## Ongoing development plans
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
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@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 numpy
-tqdm
-msgpack
-matplotlib>=3.4
+numba
+brainpylib
 jax>=0.4.1
 jaxlib>=0.4.1
-scipy>=1.1.0
-brainpylib
-numba
+matplotlib>=3.4
+msgpack
+tqdm
 
 # test requirements
 pytest
diff --git a/requirements-doc.txt b/requirements-doc.txt
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+++ b/requirements-doc.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ msgpack
 numba
 jax>=0.4.1
 matplotlib>=3.4
-jaxlib>=0.4.1
 scipy>=1.1.0
 numba