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I agree. This must be a learning experience for us, so that we do
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K Goodier (03)
On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:06 PM, "Obrst, Leo J." <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: (04)
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> I'm looking at the reviews and they basically summarize to 2 main
> points:
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> 1) NETWORK: Proposal does not create a network. ... The project is
> interesting and valuable, but not really broad enough or "network"
> enough to meet the criteria of the DataNet program. ... The proposal
> is very strong on vision and rationale but doesn't appear to meet
> the program call for a data network--the focus on ontologies is
> compelling and will hopefully find funding through another
> directorate.
>
> 2) DATA CURATION SERVICES: It is in my opinion too narrowly focused
> around semantic technologies to be a real DataNet candidate. It is
> difficult to tell from the submission what if any data storage,
> management, curation services are to be offered to scientific data
> (as opposed to scientific ontologies). ... does not address the
> preservation and curation of actual data sets created and used by
> the community.
>
> There are some minor themes too.
>
> I think to win an NSF grant you need Excellents, Very Goods
> predominantly. Fairs and Goods won't do it.
>
> Leo
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> Since I am I'm DC I could save you the trip.
>
> Of course I know there are few grants and lots of proposals, but the
> game around the beltway typically benefits those who go the extra mile
> to do the f2f. I have won many millions in the non-grant part of this
> game, but I certainly bow to your expertise on the grant side of this
> fence.
>
> K Goodier
>
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Ken Baclawski <kenb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I could go to DC and speak with the PM F2F, but it would be best if
>> I had
>> a better idea of how we can deal with the issues we know about
>> already.
>>
>> Generally speaking, the scores, even for a single reviewer, reflect
>> all of
>> the review criteria. To merit an overall score of "Excellent", one
>> must be
>> excellent on every criteron. In other words, we can't expect a
>> weakness
>> with respect to one of the review criteria to be counteracted by
>> strength
>> on another criterion. Remember that there are a lot of proposals
>> and only
>> a few grants.
>>
>> -- Ken
>>
>>> Sometimes you get some better ideas about the comments if you ask
>>> for a
>>> face-to-face feedback review. I was concerned that we only rated
>>> one
>>> "Very Good"
>>
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