[PRL] Fwd: NSF Proposer Survey Thank You and Update

[Matthias Felleisen]

The faculty members on this list probably received this message anyway,
but the PhD students who have even a remote interest in pursuing a
career in academia (in the US) should spend approximately 10 minutes
on the executive summaries of this (kind of) NSF study:

   http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf0745/nsf0745.pdf

This thing happens on and off; I was in the pool of "victims" this
time, so I am just aware of it now.

-- Matthias

Begin forwarded message:

> From: NSF Office of the Director <jtornow at nsf.gov>
> Date: August 10, 2007 1:09:38 PM EDT
> To: Matthias <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>
> Subject: NSF Proposer Survey Thank You and Update
> Reply-To: ncall at nsf.gov
>
> Dear 2007 NSF Survey Participant,
>
> On behalf of NSF, I wanted to thank you once again for responding  
> to the 2007 NSF Proposer Survey, and to let you know that the  
> results of the survey have been posted on the NSF web site at  
> http://www.nsf.gov/od/ipamm/ipamm_2007survey.jsp.
>
> Your responses are providing valuable feedback that will help us  
> fulfill our goal of supporting excellence in science and  
> engineering research and education through good stewardship, as  
> laid out in our Strategic Plan (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/ 
> nsf0648/NSF-06-48.pdf).  Information from the survey has already  
> helped in the development of recommendations to help promote award  
> balance and flexibility, as detailed in the Impact of Proposal and  
> Award Management Mechanisms report (published yesterday, and  
> available through the NSF web site at http://www.nsf.gov/od/ipamm/ 
> ipamm.jsp).
>
> Given the extensive nature of the survey data and the thousands of  
> open text responses that were provided, additional analyses are  
> ongoing to ensure that NSF benefits from all of the ideas and  
> information that have been provided.
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dr. Kathie L. Olsen
> Deputy Director
> National Science Foundation
>
>
>
>