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Good Morning,<br>
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I've attached the document that Roger mentions in his email below.<br>
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I'll be sending out further guidance to the administrators later
today detailing the processes that will be implemented within
B&P to manage the changes associated with the 2-month salary
limitation and the 2-page document required for each proposal.<br>
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As Roger mentioned, I'm happy to work with you and answer any
questions that you have.<br>
<br>
Valerie<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/16/2012 7:15 AM, Roger M.
Wakimoto wrote:<br>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
<br>
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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