NSF DMR Committee of Visitors Report from Alan Dorsey

On behalf of Alan Dorsey

Dear Colleagues,

At the DCMP/DMP Joint Executive Committee meeting in Dallas, you

may recall that Ian Robertson, the new Director of the NSF's Division of

Materials Research, mentioned that DMR was reviewed by a Committee of

Visitors (COV) in February 2011. Both Barbara and I served on the COV, but we were

unable to discuss the committee's findings until the report was publicly

released. The COV report, and the response from the NSF, are now available on the

NSF website; see

http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118193&org=NSF,

and then

http://www.nsf.gov/attachments/118193/public/2011_NSF_COV_Report_Final.pdf

http://www.nsf.gov/attachments/118193/public/COV-MPS_Response_2011.pdf

I thought this might be of interest to the DCMP Executive Committee

and Members at Large.

Best,

Alan