I have just been having a long talk with a dedicated faculty/researcher who
has a wonderful idea for a FIPSE proposal - and it is really difficult to
make the call.  I guess it boils down to this - if it is a really good idea
and the individual is willing to put together the proposal they should do
it.  No proposal - definitely no money and the idea does not get up and
running.  But, if you write the proposal there is a small, should we say
'teeny', chance of funding, but at least there's a chance.

You don't write - you have a 'no money' guarantee!

At 02:36 PM 4/5/99 -0400, Bradley, Jenny sent a message saying:
*I echo Franci's question.  Is FIPSE worth the bother under the circumstances?
*
*Farnsworth, Franci wrote:
*
*> I'm more concerned with whether it's worth the effort to apply, given the
*> previous discussion of "pork" and the fact that some of these
"Congressional
*> priorities" look like one sentence project descriptions.    What's the
sense
*> -- is it worth it, if you don't have an inside track?
*>
*> Frances Vinal Farnsworth
*> Coordinator of Sponsored Research
*> Munford House
*> MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
*> Middlebury, VT 05753
*> Tel:  802-443-5889
*> Fax: 802-443-2081
*> email:  xxxxxx@middlebury.edu
*>
*> > -----Original Message-----
*> > From: Ruth Tallman [SMTP:xxxxxx@LEHIGH.EDU]
*> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 2:45 PM
*> > To:   xxxxxx@hrinet.org
*> > Subject:      FIPSE
*> >
*> > Anyone still around?
*> >
*> > I know FIPSE was discussed recently but I wasn't paying
*> > attention.  Now I have a proposal on my desk (we found out
*> > about it yesterday).  Does anyone know if the Department of
*> > Education accepts unrecovered indirect costs as cost sharing?
*> >
*> > Ruth
*> >
*> > Ruth Tallman
*> > Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
*> > Lehigh University
*> > e-mail: xxxxxx@lehigh.edu
*> > phone: (610) 758-3024
*> >
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