Andy got a grant from NASA!!

Just got an e-mail from Andy that one of the grants he had applied for from NASA came through. Yeah! And, yes all that hard work does pay off!!

Here is what he said:
Woo hoo! 4 year grant for $425,000! Money money money money... money!--------

Here is the message he received:
Original Message --------
Subject: Unofficial notification for your Origins Proposal status
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:14:38 -0400
From: (Name changed to protect the innocent!)Zlataaney Thesvetanovski

Dear Dr. Becker:
We have completed the evaluation of proposals submitted in response tothe NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH08ZDA001N, ResearchOpportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-2008), Program ElementE.3 Origins of Solar System. I am pleased to inform you that yourproposal entitled “3.5m Transit Timing Observations at 100% Duty Cycle”(08-SSO08-0038) has been selected for funding.This is only an unofficial courtesy notification of the selection statusof your proposal. The official Award Letter and all the accompanyingdocuments are being prepared and will follow shortly. Please do not takeany action until you receive those documents.I would like to extend my personal congratulations to you on theselection of your proposal. Please do not hesitate to contact me if youhave any questions,

Sincerely,
Zlataaney Thesvetanovski
Discipline Scientist: UV/OpticalProgram Scientist: SIM, TPF, Keck, LBTI, GALEXNASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate
Astrophysics Division
300 E St., SWWashington, DC 20546