updated release number for prod release
updated ignore file
Updated Funding Form fields
made funding status required
added help text to expected date
more modifications to Funding Form
corrected help text for co-autor
modified for 2.7
corrected url to privacy policy
updated CHANGELOG and version number
fixed upload file button on FF
updated CHANGELOG
listed required system packages and switched PIL to Pillow
temporarily removed changes for virtual machine deploy
changed version number for release
fixed merge conflict