<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Stuart, everyone<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We had a short discussion with Marc Garland, the Isotope R&D Program Manager this afternoon. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The discussion took a totally unexpected turn. We were told that the DOE will fund our previous proposal at the level we previously requested, <i class=""><b class="">without resubmitting</b></i>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We stated that we would like to edit the proposal to cover the isotope R&D at the LERF rather than the CEBAF Injector. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We proposed to edit the report and update the budget within the next two weeks. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The funding for VCU will go directly to them, and they did not request any changes. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will keep you informed. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Exciting!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Andrew</div></body></html>