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Dear all,<br>
it is with great disappointment that I share with you the NSF
decision about the grant.<br>
We are NOT invited to the 'proposal' phase.<br>
Here below the message Phil received yesterday.<br>
The Reviewers comments clearly indicate the limited lab endorsement
and commitment as a significant obstacle. This requires a discussion
with the lab management. <br>
If Jlab considers BDX an experiment worth running should put all
possible efforts to make it happen. Especially pro-actively
endorsing and supporting our requests to external agencies, since an
internal funding seems to be out of discussion. This is a crucial
issue for our future commitment for BDX@JLab that needs to be
discussed. Next Friday meeting will be a good occasion for sharing
our opinions and define a work plan.<br>
Cheers<br>
Marco<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt"
color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mcoles@nsf.gov">mcoles@nsf.gov</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mcoles@nsf.gov"><mcoles@nsf.gov></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 9, 2021 9:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Philip L Cole <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pcole@lamar.edu"><pcole@lamar.edu></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Erin K. Lovelady <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eklovelady@lamar.edu"><eklovelady@lamar.edu></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] NSF - Proposal Notification -
Proposal No. 2114945</font>
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<p class="x_MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium">Proposal
Number: 2114945<span class="x_safetag"><strong><em>
<br>
</em></strong></span>Title: Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:IP)
Implementation Plans for the Infrastructure and Superstructure
for the Beam-Dump eXperiment (BDX) at Jefferson Lab<em><span
class="x_safetag"><strong>
<br>
</strong></span></em>Program Solicitation: NSF 21-505</span>
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<p class="x_MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"><span
class="x_safetag"><strong><em><br>
</em></strong></span>Dear Dr. Cole,<br>
<br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium">I,
along with the Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale
RI-1) Working Group, regret to inform you that the Mid-scale
RI-1 preliminary proposal referenced above will not be invited
as a full proposal. </span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:medium">Mid-scale RI-1 preliminary proposals were
reviewed either internally by groups of NSF Program Officers or
externally using standard NSF merit review procedures, based on
the review criteria described in the solicitation. The review
process is described in the Context Statement which can be found
by accessing your preliminary proposal through FastLane. Further
information on the decision to not invite a full proposal may be
found in the PO Comment.</span>
</p>
<p class="x_MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> </p>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you have
questions about this competition or the review of your
pre-proposal, please contact the Cognizant Program Officer
indicated below.</span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Mark Coles<br>
Acting Division Director<br>
Division Of Physics<br>
</span></span>
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