Collaboration

I wrote:

Some years ago Dr. (X) told me that funding for "programmer's helpers" like (my thesis) was hard to come by.  Funding for "partial Halting solvers" like (my thesis) has always been hard to come by.  Do you think I could get anywhere in the grant department with this project?  I'm trying to plan ahead for when/as/if my Canadian citizenship issues get resolved (perhaps as soon as the middle of next year).

Reply from Dr. C:

Personally I think the work you are doing is exciting, and I think it could be publishable after some experimentation with it to evaluate how it does on real programs.  I'm not sure why he thought it would not draw funding.  If you make it to Canada I'd be pleased to work out a way we could collaborate in this direction. You're doing neat work!