David Inouye
-- Dr. David W. Inouye Professor Emeritus Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4415 ino...@umd.edu Principal Investigator Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory PO Box 519 Crested Butte, CO 81224
One of the consequences of the federal shutdown is that NSF is closed.
At least one grant review panel that was supposed to occur this week did
not happen, and I expect it will be difficult to reschedule all the
participants who had blocked out time for it this week. If you're not
happy about having your proposal reviews delayed, you should contact
your elected representatives and the White House (which isn't taking
calls during the shutdown, but is referring people to their Website to
make comments). I have a pending proposal and have let my Senators,
Congressman, and the White House know that I'm very unhappy about the
delay in action on it. Same applies to USDA, USGS, DOE, and other
funding sources that many ecologists depend on for their research.
