LAMONT WEEKLY REPORT

February 28, 2003

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

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<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Thanks again to all who attended the Awards ceremony on Monday to honor Bob Anderson – it was a great event and I am happy that we were able to show Bob just how much he is respected and admired by his colleagues.

A small group of our Division Administrators successfully invaded the 7th floor of the NSF building earlier this week. They spent a day primarily in the Ocean Sciences Division meeting with program officers and receiving briefings on the NSF proposal review process. They came back with many messages, but most notable among them were:

1)  NSF does not want proposals after the target date.  Late proposals appear hastily prepared and their success rate reflects that.

2) PIs need to talk to their Program Managers more, especially before submitting proposals.

No surprises here………both these points are excellent pieces of advice.

The first of this year's Public Lecture series is this weekend – Sunday at 3:00 pm in Monell Auditorium. Robin Bell is talking on the somewhat piratical title of “Exploring the Hudson and Finding Sunken Treasures”. I am confident that it will be a great talk.  Perhaps ‘finding sunken treasures’ could be a new way to increase our endowment…

I have to spend a couple of days in DC next week – CORE meetings – not thrilling, but necessary.
 
The sun is shining and the sky is clear blue, so it can’t possibly snow this weekend!

Have a good one,


- Mike
 

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