The Polaris Project got its start with a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in March 2007.  We learned six months later that the proposal was funded, and on Jan. 1, 2008, the Polaris Project was officially underway.  Remarkably, we are now 2.5 years into the project, which was originally funded for three years.  We are all very eager to keep the Polaris Project going, and on May 26 we submitted a new proposal to NSF (titled “The Polaris Project II: Amplifying the Impact”) seeking funded for five more years.  We’re all very excited about the proposal – it maintains the core successful elements of Polaris I while introducing several new elements designed to broaden its impact.  Now we wait while to review process does its job and hope for the best!