tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post6833479940035979463..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: That Time of Year : Annual NSF ReportsMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-10415660604660047762012-05-25T23:26:42.196-04:002012-05-25T23:26:42.196-04:00"One thing I don't really know is what is..."One thing I don't really know is what is done with these reports after I enter them."<br /><br />Someone I worked with once outlined a very clever solution to this problem, which had actually been put in use by someone he knew.<br /><br />This last person wanted to find out if her advisor actually read his thesis. So, at about roughly on-third of the way through the thesis, she put in a footnote saying "I owe you a drink if you read this far.", and then at about two-thirds of the way, a note saying "I owe you a dinner if you read this far."<br /><br />A few weeks later, her advisor asked her for a drink, as promised, for having read his thesis.ahannaasminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-57231450779697375702012-05-18T19:25:41.562-04:002012-05-18T19:25:41.562-04:00DARPA is definitely 10 times worse.
BTW: If you...DARPA is definitely 10 times worse. <br /><br />BTW: If you have gotten to the end of an NSF grant there is a new requirement of a "Progress Outcomes Report" that is submitted through Research.gov rather than directly in Fastlane (though is linked from Fastlane). This is actually released to the public so it isn't just your program manager reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-31005115448889694752012-05-18T12:21:12.463-04:002012-05-18T12:21:12.463-04:00Agreed. From what my friends tell me, the bureauc...Agreed. From what my friends tell me, the bureaucracy involved in EU grants (or maybe they meant national grants from certain nations in the EU) is ten times worse. I'm glad that the NSF makes things relatively easy on us.Davehttp://www.dna.caltech.edu/~ddoty/noreply@blogger.com