DPS Mailing #02-16: DEADLINES APPROACHING

Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 17:42:39 -0400

Subject: DPS Mailing #02-16: DEADLINES APPROACHING

Greetings DPS colleagues –
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       |1) REMINDER: PRIZE NOMINATION DEADLINE JUNE 30           |

       |2) REMINDER: INPUT ON NASA GRANTS-DEADLINE FRIDAY JUNE 7 |

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PRIZE NOMINATION DEADLINE APPROACHING
Nominations for the 2003
Masursky Award

Sagan Medal

Kuiper Prize

Urey Prize
will be closing on JUNE 30 – less than four weeks away.

All nominations must be complete at that time. For nomination

requirements, please go to 
http://www.aas.org/~dps/prizes_contact.html
and send materials or questions to me directly.
Mark Sykes

Chair, DPS Prize Subcommittee

sykes@as.arizona.edu
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REMINDER: DEADLINE FRIDAY JUNE 7

COMMUNITY INFORMATION SOUGHT ON NASA GRANT NOTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS
In an open letter to the DPS community last February, Guenter Riegler

explained how September 11 events caused a delay in NASA grant

notifications that would be completed by early March.  While

indications are that all notifications were sent on this timescale,

there remain some reports of significant delays in grant awards being

delivered to P.I. institutions.
The DPS committee seeks information from the community on the

timeliness of this year’s grant notifications and awards (taking into

account September 11 delays).  Brief accounts of difficulties

encountered will help the DPS convey the current situation to the NASA

leadership.  Equally vital are positive accounts of improvements in the

management and performance of the grants programs relative to the

difficulties experienced one year ago.
PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSES BY JUNE 7 TO: dpspub@protostar.aas.org
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                             Melissa McGrath, DPS Secretary-Treasurer

                                    submissions to: mcgrath@stsci.edu