From: Barnaby Marsh Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 3:01 PM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Re: (also, no more strategic initiatives projects, and the Pre=ident does not make any grants anymore- everything goes through the genera= portal) On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Barnaby Marsh wrote: she could apply, but she should know that there are only a few grants i= each round; most projects proposed don't get funding. It is like roll=ng the dice. what people don't understand is that many grants are not =unded not because they are defective in any way, but simply because there =s not enough funding to cover even a part of what comes in (there are thou=ands of applications and hundreds of millions of dollars of requests that =o all through different kinds of review; it is hard to know what will make=it through because different people make the priority decisions at differe=t stages of review; and it depends what other applications are in the pool=in a given cycle). There is no "direct" route anymore. =div class="HOEnZb"> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 8:03 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: lisa , larry summers wife wanted to apply to temple=on for her poetry tv course . is=there a way. or should she give up =div class="m_-1616078666224683827m_-2060311009774928278gmail_signature" =ata- smartmail="gmail_signature"> 41>=A0 please note for The information contained in this=communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only the use of the=addressee. It is the property of TEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or=copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibite= and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in err=r, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected]<=a>, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including=all attachments. copyright -all rights reserv