[Nuclear-data-miners] Data Mining Proposal

[Sebastian Kuhn]

Dear Data Miners,

it's been over a year since we submitted our proposal to the DOE, and unfortunately, DOE has been unable to properly deal with it (sending it out for reviews etc.). To add insult to injury, DOE rules apparently stipulate that a proposal that hasn't been acted on (as opposed to rejected) must be withdrawn by the proposing institution (ODU in this case). Anyway, here is Brad Tippens' (the program manager at DOE) original email:

> Subject:  	RE: data mining Date: 	Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:24:45 -0500
> From: 	Tippens, Brad <Brad.Tippens at science.doe.gov> To: 	Weinstein,
> Lawrence B. <lweinste at odu.edu>
>
>
> Larry:
>
>
> Since it has been more than a year since you submitted your proposal
> and our office has not acted on it, you should have your business
> office withdraw the proposal and then submit a new one.  You could
> take this opportunity to update the proposal in any way.  One way
> this could be done would be to include a table that identifies the
> fraction of research time each individual that is involve will be
> spending on this project. Once resubmitted, I will have it reviewed.
>
>
> Brad

So, the upshot is that we will have to resubmit the proposal to have it reviewed - at least we have a promise that it WILL be reviewed. We should probably change as little as possible, so we can turn it around quickly (definitely before the end of the year). We (Larry and I) will get the process started on our side (with our "business office"). In the meantime, please look the proposal over and let us know whether there is anything you think needs to be changed/strengthened to increase our chances. We will try to summarize some of the more recent advances in the field (probably the introduction), update references and "inflate" all costs. If there is anything else you want us to change, let us know WITHIN ONE WEEK!

MOST IMPORTANTLY: We need EACH of you to tell us
a) Who from your institution STILL wants to be on the proposal
b) What fraction of their FTE research time they plan to spend on the activities addressed by the proposal, should it get funded. (This of course can contain any activities related to the topics in the proposal that you are already working on)
Again, we need this information by the END OF NEXT WEEK!

Thanks - Sebastian (also for Larry)
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