cc: Keith Briffa date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:49:15 +0200 from: Bo Vinther subject: Revised draft application for Carslberg-funded stay at CRU to: Phil Jones Dear Keith and Phil I have now talked with Dorthe and she came up with the splendid idea that I should apply for money for two years - one at CRU and one in Copenhagen - a slightly revised draft application is therefore attached. Cheers....Bo Dear Keith and Phil As you can see below the chances that our Marie Curie proposal will get funded are rather slim....hence - as I really want to spend the next year working with you at CRU - I have drafted the attached application for Carlsberg-funding for a one year research stay at CRU. The draft is a shortened (max. 2 pages for Carlsberg-applications) and modified version of the Marie Curie application - its modified to include work on my recent finding (chapter 5 in my Ph.D. dissertation - also attached), that elevation change of the Greenland ice sheet is very likely to blame for the disagreement between delta-O18 and borehole temperatures during the Holocene! The deadline for Carlsberg-aapplications is the 2nd of october - hence if you like the new application I have made, I will rather urgently need you to mail/fax me a letter that states your willingness to house me at CRU in 2007 (Carlsberg pays my salary, travel and accommodation - but no overheads at all) and a recommendation of the project. I will get Sigfús and Dorthe to write letters of support as well.... I apologize for writing you this late - but I have been busy preparing my Ph.D.-defence until a week ago (I had my defence just in time for the Marie Curie 18/9 deadline - just in case....) so I simply have not had a draft to mail you before this weekend.... Cheers......Bo Hi Bo. You are now number six on the reserve list as was able to open negotiations today with number one. On the basis of our expected savings (our budget for those we are in negotiation with are usually overestimated by around 5% to be safe). If this 'saving' of 5% on average continues, we are hoping to get through another 3 on the reserve list by the end of October. What happens to the remaining reserve list then largely depends on whether people drop out of negotiations if they find other jobs in the meantime. No guarantees then. Very sorry for the uncertainty. In any case ALL our negotiations have to be finished by December chen the budget for this programme is closed. Good news is that a new programme shd be announced in January... Best wishes, JANE Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Carlsberg21.doc"