Thought I'd share with the list: at the research institution where I worked
in California, our local U.S. House of Representatives congressperson would
send a very nice letter to the Principal Investigator congratulating
him/her on receipt of federal grants.  Sometimes these even arrived before
the award had been set up by the university, but still it was a nice gesture.
-Glenn
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Glenn Krell
Director, Research Proposal Development
Illinois Institute of Technology
3300 South Federal Street, M/B 301
Chicago, Illinois 60616
312-567-7141 (voice)
312-567-7517 (fax)
email: xxxxxx@iit.edu

At 10:05 AM 7/6/00 -0700, Winnie wrote:
>I too send a congratulatory letter to faculty notifying them of their
>awards and I include a paragraph specifically referencing the work and the
>contributions they hope to make. Since I am sending a significant number of
>these notifications via e-mail (including a pdf attachment with the
>internal activation documents, copy of the sponsor award, and budget) I can
>easily copy the notification to the Chair and Dean as well as co-pis,
>Sponsored Projects Services, and the department accountant. Several chairs
>and deans have told me they save these notifications in a separate
>directory which is available to them for quick reference of awards received
>in the department and/or college.

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