PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 1, Number 18 (August 31, 2007)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes 
Co-Editors: Matt Balme, Nic Richmond
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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SPECIAL: NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A 
NEW WEBSITE DEDICATED TO SCIENCE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PROGRAMS

NASA's Science Mission Directorate has a new website for research and
analysis news at 

http://www.science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara.html 

It contains information on the proposal and financial process 
improvements underway, a list of program officers with email and phone 
numbers, and statistics on programs. You can submit questions and 
complaints (and compliments) to SARA (the Senior Advisor for Research 
and Analysis) and you will get a reply. You can sign up to receive news 
on SMD's R&A programs at the website. So please visit the site and 
sign up at to get future updates.

Thanks,
Yvonne Pendleton
SMD Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis

[Editor Note: Click on 'Grant Stats' and then 'here' to access a 
spreadsheet containing information on 2005 and 2006 planetary research 
programs, including number of proposals submitted, number selected and 
the average award size. This will be updated.]


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