Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, Grant Application

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA at BERKELEY
BERKELEY * DAVIS * IRVINE * LOS ANGELES * RIVERSIDE * SAN DIEGO * SAN FRANCISCO

SANTA BARBARA * SANTA CRZ
VIRUS LABORATORY
229 W. M. STANLEY HALL
BERKELEY, CAUFORNIA 94720

August 31, 1993

DRG AIDS Coordinator
Division of Research Grants
National Institutes of Health
5333 Westbard Avenue
Bethesda, Mar
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Had I been aw LIDS-related proposal had a deadline of
September 1 (1 I'm familiar), this delay could have
been avoided. pated early deadline, there is only.one
staff person in ion-scientific portions of grant
proposals, and ace then, we've both been working
diligently on tl. Q1-)that we could complete it and submit it
to SPO early NomL,&A,-ma-am nam ia )RG by the deadline. On Monday
morning, however, it became clear that our expectations had been over-optimistic, so we continued
preparing forms and putting together the application throughout the day on Monday, even through
lunchtime. At 4:00 pm, the application was finally ready to be photocopied, which task I
undertook myself. Had the photocopying taken a mere 15 minutes less time yesterday, we would
have been able to deliver the original and required 24 copies to SPO by 5pm, and would not now
be faced with this dilemna.
Therefore I plead your indulgence to consider this application despite its delay of one day.
Regrettably, the one-day delay was caused by circumstances beyond my control.
Sincerely yours,

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Peter H. Duesberg
Principal Investigator
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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