From: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
To: Valerie.Masson@cea.fr,Eystein.Jansen@geo.uib.no, "Eric W Wolff" <EWWO@bas.ac.uk>
Subject: Urgent request for reference letter
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:38:01 2006

   Dear Valerie, Eystein and Eric,
   We (that is Phil and myself  - and of course also Bo) are hoping that you can help us
   greatly with an application Bo Vinther is submitting to the EU for a Marie Curie
   Intra-European Fellowship (EIF) , specifically to spend time with Phil and I at CRU working
   on the dating and interpretation of seasonally-resolved ice core data and tree-ring data.
   We are allowed to submit up to 3 reviews or testimonials (though these must be submitted
   directly through the    We would be really grateful if each of you would agree to provide
   one of these. Unfortunately, if you can make the time to help, these must in submitted by
   next Thursday.
   Please accept our apologies for the lateness of this request  - but you can probably
   understand that , as usual things have had to be cut fine.
   The first stage of evaluation is based only on the quality of the applicant (70%) and the
   quality of the proposed research plan (30%). If the proposal gets through to the second
   evaluation stage , then other factors such as the quality of the hosts and host institution
   become relevant .
   At this stage we would ask that you read the attached Science Plan and details of the
   Quality of the Candidate, and write an assessment based primarily on these. We will send
   precise details of how to submit them early next week. You probably also know just how
   strong the competition is these days for such awards , so reviews have to be particularly
   glowing, but it is only because Phil and I are so keen to work with Bo that we are taking
   the liberty of asking for your support. I am sure you know , and certainly Valerie has
   indicated to me, how impressive Bo's work is. I am sure he is the sort of person for whom
   these awards are meant, as he is someone who will be doing important work to advance the
   field one day.
   I am attaching (virtually final ) drafts of the relevant sections , which are all that you
   need to be able to write these testimonials. We will send the full applications when they
   are complete. It would also help if you stressed your own distinguished qualifications ,
   that make you so well qualified to offer this review. Please let me know whether you are
   able to do this for us.
   Thank you lots
   Keith and Phil

   --
   Professor Keith Briffa,
   Climatic Research Unit
   University of East Anglia
   Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K.

   Phone: +44-1603-593909
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References

   1. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/

