date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:54:22 -0000
from: "McCarroll D." <D.McCarroll@Swansea.ac.uk>
subject: RE: RAPID
to: 'Keith Briffa' <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

Hi Keith

I have no doubt at all about your support, it is not your fault we didnt get
funded. I must admit though I am totally fed up with NERC. Any negative
comment seems to be enough to damn our proposals, and all we get is a
patronising letter telling us that we are a promising group etc etc but no
money! 

On the bright side both Neil and I got EU grants, so we can still do some
work. Just returned from a meeting in Slovenia to arrange the PINE project.
We managed to steer it away from more short-term stuff towards producing
longer isotope chronologies. We will be working with Hakkon Grudd, who seems
very good, and should be able to get at least a 400 year chronology for
Tornetrask, combining density and isotopes to get temperature and moisture
stress. We should get the same for northern Finland and Northwest Norway. In
Slovenia we might get 300 years if Spruce turns out to be okay.

I am very keen on extending the chronologies now, with proper replication
using latewood of individual trees so we can calculate confidence limits,
and Neil has plans for new kit that I hope will increase our capacity by at
least an order of magnitude, so maybe complete Holocene chronologies are not
too far out of sight. I am of course very keen to collaborate, so lets
discuss it.

I am totally shagged today, having got back at 2.00 am in time to give a
lecture at 10.00 this morning, so I may go home this afternoon. Anyway you
can ring me anytime at work or at home. 

Home 01792 523850
work 01795 295845

With regard to the Holocene paper it would be good to get it sorted. The
co-authors were moaning at me in Slovenia, so I blamed you, despite which
they send best wishes!

All the best

Danny

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Briffa [mailto:k.briffa@uea.ac.uk]
Sent: 28 November 2002 10:08
To: d.mccarroll@swansea.ac.uk
Subject: RAPID


Danny
by now you should know that your proposal was not successful. I want to let 
you know that I am very disappointed about this and genuinely did my best 
to try to get it through. This is not bullshit as I was anxious to really 
give this a chance. I am happy to show you my official submission on the 
project (in confidence) where I argued that the referee's ratings were too 
low and that this was an innovatory application. I would like to chat on 
the phone with you about this so can you give me a number and time to ring 
you. I am out this morning (any chance of an out of hours number?).
I will also get the stuff on your Holocene paper to you next week - promise.
I am genuinely disappointed about this but lets talk about a future 
application?
Keith

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