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[jay]

I was just congratulated by my boss in the parking lot -- he was on the Mars Instrument Development Program (MIDP) review panel last week. He was recused from evaluating or commenting on my proposal, but heard informally that it was the highest-ranked robotics proposal. Someone else labeled it "poorly written, but highly-ranked." Better than the converse, certainly! So I have an excellent chance of winning...

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

At the very least, I received a public pat-on-the-back in front of higher-ups with whom I'd been at odds over the past couple of weeks. That's good... and there's perhaps a 50/50 chance that I'll actually get the grant (which was proposed at about $550K/year times 3 years).