From: Lisa New < Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:50 AM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: advice re Templeton Dear Jeffrey, I am working with H=rvard's sponsored research team on final drafts of my Templeton =lanning grant application and there's some disagreement on the t=am about just how much to stress the fact that I have alre=dy attracted substantial investment for my projects with other funde=s. Their rule of thumb is that you should always tell funders that they ar= your only hope. The team is right that we will not pursue the &=uot;Poetry of Character Development" unless Templeton funds it, and s= we should tell them that they are what makes this possible, but I have th= instinct that Templeton will like the fact that their money will leverage=other money and that there are others supporting•• the larger initiative t=us increasing chances of wide impact. What do you think? l=would like to send you the budget part of the application next week for a =uick reaction. May I? It will be a budget created by Harvard's sponsor=d research so it shouldn't be outlandish though it might be dumb=in some ways. I'd rather not be dumb, and I'd really like to get t=is grant (200K) and to begin to build a larger relationship with Templeton= Do you think your science guy/group might =alk on film with me about metaphor? lisa E=isa New Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Harvard Un=versity 1 EFTA_R1_01434594 EFTA02399540