Why are we receiving a copy of this?

Maggie Bryan-Peterson, CRA
Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
E230a Thompson Hall
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, NY  14063

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Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] FW: NSF Proposal Notification - Proposal
No.-0727017

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From: Hebert, Norman John <xxxxxx@BROWN.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:54 AM
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Subject: [RESADM-L] FW: NSF Proposal Notification - Proposal No.-0727017

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From: xxxxxx@nsf.gov [mailto:xxxxxx@nsf.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:06 PM
To: xxxxxx@brown.edu
Cc: Hebert, Norman John
Subject: NSF Proposal Notification - Proposal No.-0727017

Proposal Number: 0727017
Title:  Disseminating Mesolore: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive
Change Agent for College Pedagogy

Dear Dr. Bakewell:

I regret to inform you that the National Science Foundation is unable to
support your proposal referenced above.

Your proposal was reviewed in accordance with the general merit review
criteria established by the National Science Board that address the
intellectual merit of the proposed activity and its broader impacts.
These criteria permit an evaluation of the proposal's technical merit,
creativity, educational impact and its potential benefits to society.
If your proposal was submitted in response to a specific solicitation,
additional review criteria may have been used to review your proposal as
described in the solicitation.

The full text of the two merit review criteria and supporting
explanations are available in Chapter III.A of the NSF Grant Proposal
Guide .

You may access the reviews of your proposal, a description of the
context in which your proposal was reviewed, and any further analysis or
statements at the FastLane URL referenced below.  This information may
be helpful to you in understanding the Foundation's action and also in
preparing any future submissions.   If you would like further
information concerning the review of your proposal, please contact the
cognizant program officer whose name, email address, and telephone
number are provided below. Information about NSF's reconsideration
process is described in Chapter IV.D of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide 1 .

Although we are unable to support this proposal, we would be pleased to
consider any future proposal you may wish to submit.

Sincerely,

Karen K. Oates
Acting Division Director
Division of Undergraduate Education

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