[LTER-luq-pi] status of Renewal funding LTER 5b

[Sharon A. Cantrell Rodríguez]

Dear Jess: I actually like the idea of a starting date of January so there is no overlap with LTER5a.
Sharon
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Universidad del Turabo
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From: Jess Zimmerman [mailto:jesskz at ites.upr.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:00 PM
To: luq-pi at lternet.edu; McDowell, Bill; Sharon A. Cantrell Rodríguez; Todd Crowl; Maria Uriarte; catherine pringle; Alonso Ramirez; Alan Covich; Thomas L Mote; Bob Waide
Cc: Rafael Rios; Wanda Rivera; wanda ruiz; Karla Arenas; Jorge Ortiz; Carlos I Gonzalez Vargas; Ivette Hernandez Sierra
Subject: status of Renewal funding LTER 5b

Dear Group,

I write to report on the status of the renewal grant for our LTER.  The process of awarding the grant is is currently being held up by grant reporting issues here at UPR.

Perhaps some good news is that it is NOT being held up because of the budget situation in Washington.  There was a suggestion during our SEAC meeting on Tuesday that this could hold up the grant.  I have discussed the situation with Saran Twombly at NSF and, while some funds are being held at NSF until a new budget is approved, the renewal funding for our LTER has been given priority over funding for other grants.

Why the reporting issues?  The grant in particular is an IGERT grant we had.  We recently completed the final year.  The IGERT program has special reporting requirements, including the need for every single student ever involved in the program to log-in individually and respond to a survey.  One former student can hold up the whole process.  This has been the the problem.  We have essentially completed our final annual report and must go through the final report.  This, I am told, is not as extensive as the annual reports. We are hoping to complete this without delay.

Once the reporting issues are resolved, the grant must go to the Division of Grants and Agreements for final processing.  Saran believes this can happen quickly as she has looked over our budget carefully and has been in communication with officials there.

We are unlikely to receive a 1 December start date as hoped, but I do believe we can look to a start date of 1 January.  If the award letter arrives in early December, we should be able to have everything in place for the New Year.

Sincerely,

jess

Jess K. Zimmerman
Professor
Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program
Department Environmental Sciences
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

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