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Dear NSA,<br>
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You have informed us on a number of occasions that salary support
for senior personnel on "solicited" proposals submitted to NSF was
one of your greatest concerns. As a result, we initiated a number
of discussions with NSF/AGS on this topic and wrote a white paper
outlining the main reasons why we believed LT and Project Scientists
should be able to request salary support.<br>
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AGS agreed with our arguments and sent out final guidance to NCAR.
This 1-page document was forwarded to all Directors and was
discussed with AGS Management via videocon at the NCAR Directors'
Committee Meeting yesterday. There are some restrictions so please
read the document carefully. I should also point out that the
guidance is valid starting today and cannot be applied retroactively
(i.e., you cannot ask for additional salary support on a current NSF
award). Talk to your Directors/Managers for further clarification.
Steve Nelson noted that since this will be applied Foundation-wide
there could be some confusion with program officers working in other
divisions/directorates. Questions or concerns should be addressed
to Steve but the NCAR point of contact should be Valerie Koch
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:valeriek@ucar.edu">valeriek@ucar.edu</a>). Valerie will forward your issues/concerns to
Steve.<br>
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The first opportunity to apply these new guidelines should be for
the upcoming solicitation -
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"Interdisciplinary Research in Hazards and Disasters (Hazards
SEES)".<br>
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I want to acknowledge and thank Rena Brasher-Alleva who worked
diligently on the white paper and was involved in several telecons
with AGS as we argued your case.<br>
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Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.<br>
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Roger<br>
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Roger M. Wakimoto, Director
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
303 497-1111
fax: 303 497-1194</pre>
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