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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see email from NSF below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Dear Colleagues:</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">The National Science Foundation (NSF) is committed to ensuring a fair, competitive, and transparent merit review process. The reviews submitted by external peer reviewers are an important part of the decision-making process and a
crucial source of feedback to Principal Investigators. NSF has developed a short reviewer orientation video that provides helpful tips for writing high quality reviews. </span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">NSF encourages all reviewers to watch the orientation video, “The Art and Science of Reviewing Proposals,” which can be accessed in </span><span class="spellingerror">FastLane</span><span class="normaltextrun"> through the Panelist
Travel and Reimbursement page and the Proposal Review, <i>Ad Hoc</i> Reviewers page. You can also view the video directly at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://tipsforreviewers.nsf.gov/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://tipsforreviewers.nsf.gov</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">There is a link at the end of the video to additional resources, a list of helpful hints, and a short feedback survey. NSF values your feedback and will use the results of the survey improve future reviewer orientation materials. </span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to thank you for your service to NSF. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jean Feldman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Head, Policy Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Institution & Award Support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Voice: 703.292.8243<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sangita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sangita Pawar, PhD, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Assistant Vice President, Research
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Division of Ag, Life & Vet Sciences,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> and Coop. Extension
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ph: 520-626-3408<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:jfeldman@nsf.gov">jfeldman@nsf.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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