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Re: Let 100 Backbones Bloom!

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Wolff)
Fri May 17 10:03:47 1991

To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu (David J. Farber)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Fri, 17 May 91 09:50:11 EDT
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@cise.nsf.gov>

> Before I attempt to comment on your questions, what are the qualifying rules
> for becoming a mid-level and thus capable feeding on the government trough.
> Can UPenn (for example) define the Philly Midlevel and go get $s for
> connecting to a backbone? 

If you're after NSF $$, you fill up a copy of the GRESE and it gets merit-
reviewed and maybe it gets funded. (!)  -s
 

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