Using an epigraph at the title page of a JHEP article

I am trying to include a dedication on the title page of an article. To do so, I am using the epigraph environment and command. The problem that I have is that I would like to have the epigraph right after the abstract at the right-bottom of the page.

I tried putting the epigraph command after the abstract but it goes at the top of the page. Any suggestions?

The code is given below

pdfoutput=1
documentclass[11pt]{article}
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usepackage{jheppub}
usepackage{amsthm}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}
usepackage{braket}
usepackage{multirow}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{hyperref}
usepackage{mathrsfs}
usepackage{subcaption}
usepackage{empheq}
usepackage{appendix}
usepackage{adjustbox}
usepackage{natbib}
usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
usepackage{float}
usepackage{slashed}
usepackage{indentfirst}
graphicspath{{Figs/}}
usepackage{cleveref}
usepackage{hyperref, pdfsync, epstopdf, enumerate}
usepackage{epigraph}
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hypersetup{colorlinks,bookmarksopen,bookmarksnumbered,
citecolor={Red},
linkcolor={Red},pdfstartview=FitH,
urlcolor={Red}}
defmyurl#1#2{href{http://#1}{#2}}
defhhref#1{href{http://arxiv.org/abs/#1}{arXiv:#1}} % in bibliography
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begin{document}
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title{My project}
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author[a]{author a,}
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affiliation[a]{some affiliation}
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emailAdd{[email protected]}
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abstract{this is the abstract placeholder}
epigraph{my dedication}{}
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maketitle
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setcounter{page}{1}setcounter{footnote}{0}
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newpage
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renewcommand*{thefootnote}{arabic{footnote}}
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section{Introduction}
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clearpage
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bibliography{lit}{}
bibliographystyle{utphys}

end{document}

I also tried to include the command after the maketitle command but then the code simply places the epigraph after the contents.