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Brad Racino filed this request with the National Science Foundation of the United States of America.
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2019-196F
Submitted Jan. 6, 2016
Est. Completion June 25, 2019
Status
Fix Required

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From: Brad Racino

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To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

The amount of all awards, grants or loans made to all U.S.-based academic institutions, universities or people since Jan. 1, 2000 to present with the express intent of the money going toward the study of string theory. If possible, I'd like this data broken down by year, amount and recipient, as well as accompanied by all relative terms, conditions or deliverables.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brad Racino

From: National Science Foundation

Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] - RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Funding - NSF

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Dear Brad Racino:

Your FOIA request has been received and logged as FOIA 2019-196F. Please reference this number in all communications regarding this request.

Effective September 30, 2013, the NSF instituted a multi-track system (Simple, Complex, and Expedited) for processing of FOIA requests. Your request has been placed in the Complex Track based on the amount of work and/or time needed to process the request.

The estimated response date to your request is June 25, 2019.

Information regarding the FOIA and the Foundation's policies concerning records requests is available at the NSF web site https://www.nsf.gov/policies/foia.jsp.

If you have any additional questions about your request, please contact Sandra Evans at 703-292-5065 or by email at sevans@nsf.gov, or Justin Guz at 703-292-2289 or by email at jguz@nsf.gov.

Sincerely,
Priscilla Agyepong
Office of the General Counsel
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Telephone: 703-292-8060

From: National Science Foundation

Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] - RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Funding - NSF

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Hello Brad Racino:

We do not have record of receiving this FOIA request on Jan. 6, 2018. We will go ahead and log this request in accordingly.
Best,
Priscilla

Priscilla Agyepong
Office of the General Counsel
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: (703) 292-8060

From: National Science Foundation

Subject: Follow-up: NSF FOIA Request #19-196

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Dear Brad Racino:

This e-mail is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (2019-196F) submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) on May 29, 2019, regarding "the amount of all awards, grants or loans made to all U.S.-based institutions, universities or people since Jan. 1, 2000 to present with the express intent of the money going toward the study of string theory. If possible, the data should be broken down by year, amount and recipient."

We are currently processing a voluminous number of FOIA requests in backlog status and we are sorry for the delay. At this point, we are ready to continue to process your request. Due to the length of time, we are wondering if you are still interested in your request?

If there is no response to this e-mail within 30 business days, NSF will assume that you are no longer interested and close the file on your request. Should you have any questions regarding this response, please contact me at foia@nsf.gov<mailto:foia@nsf.gov>. Thank you for your interest in the National Science Foundation.

Sincerely,

Priscilla Agyepong
Office of the General Counsel
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: (703) 292-8060

From: National Science Foundation

Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] - RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Funding - NSF FOIA Request 2019-196F - Final Response

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Dear Mr. Racino:

The information you seek is on the NSF webpage. For your convenience, I have enclosed a search using the advanced feature of the award search database. The keyword I used was "string theory" and the date range was 1/1/2000 - 6/28/19. Here is the link:

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?PIId=&PIFirstName=&PILastName=&PIOrganization=&PIState=&PIZip=&PICountry=&ProgOrganization=&ProgEleCode=&BooleanElement=All&ProgRefCode=&BooleanRef=All&Program=&ProgOfficer=&Keyword=%22STRING+THEORY%22&AwardNumberOperator=&AwardAmount=&AwardInstrument=&ActiveAwards=true&ExpiredAwards=true&OriginalAwardDateOperator=Range&OriginalAwardDateFrom=01%2F01%2F2000&OriginalAwardDateTo=06%2F28%2F2019&StartDateOperator=&ExpDateOperator=

You can refine this search result by the country and when you click on the link to the award you will see the abstract which will explain the deliverables.

For Research Terms and Conditions, see the link below:

https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/rtc.jsp

For Grant General Conditions, see link below:

https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/general_conditions.jsp

For Cooperative Agreement Conditions, see link below:

https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/co-op_conditions.jsp

For Special Conditions, see link below:

https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/special_conditions.jsp

Your right of administrative appeal is set forth in Section 612.9 of the NSF FOIA regulation (copy enclosed). Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of the response to your request.

If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please do not hesitate to contact our FOIA Public Liaison at 703-292-8060. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which was created to offer mediation services to resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. Using OGIS services does not affect your right to pursue litigation. If you are requesting access to your own records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. You may contact OGIS in any of the following ways:

National Archives and Records Administration
Office of Government Information Services
8601 Adelphi Road - OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
E-mail: ogis@nara.gov<mailto:ogis@nara.gov>
Web: https://ogis.archives.gov
Telephone: 202-741-5770
Facsimile: 202-741-5769
Toll-free: 1-877-684-6448

There is no fee for FOIA services in this instance in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A)(i) et seq.

Sincerely,

Sandra Evans
FOIA/Privacy Act Officer
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 292-5065

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