[BNC-all] Weekly memo

[Deborah S. Starewich]

WEEKLY MEMO, April 28, 2008
 
 
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1.  ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1.1:  Friday, May 2 scheduled for refrigerator (in the Birck¹s kitchen) shut
down.  Any items not removed by 4:00 will be removed and disposed.  We will
power off the refrigerator over the weekend and clean and power up on
Monday, May 5.
 
1.2: Additional landscaping work will be taking place around the BNC to
repair several problems with the existing landscape.  These should have a
minimal affect on the building, but at times may have sidewalks temporarily
closed.  Additionally, there will be some noise- and vibration-creating
activities where concrete must be cut and removed.  This work will take
place between May 1 and June 19, 2008.  Major vibration-creating activities
are planned for mornings during the week of May 5.  Please contact John
Weaver jrweaver at purdue.edu if this timing is problematic.
 
1.3:  RE: Discovery Park fence relocation:  The Discovery Park Site
Development Phase VI fence location will be relocated sometime the week of
April 28, 2008 and will remain at this location until mid-August 2008.  This
will affect the pedestrian traffic in the Discovery Park area, as well as
entrances at both Bindley Bioscience and Mann Hall. Please see the site plan
below showing the fence location in red.  The east door at Bindley will not
be accessible from the north. All doors at Mann Hall will only be accessible
from a southern route.  The yellow sidewalks shown on the site plan will be
available for use. Also, the sidewalk currently running between Mann Hall
and Burton Morgan will be closed during this time period. The site plan
drawing is available here:
http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/pdf/disc_park.pdf; a map of the
area is available here:
http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/pdf/disc_park_map.pdf.
 
 
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2.  TOURS/VISITORS
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2.1:  Wednesday, April 30, 2:00, BRK 1001 and tour:  Cook Medical, Inc.
 
 
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3.  OPPORTUNITIES
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3.1:  Mark your calendars / Register now:  ³Nanotechnology and the
Environment,² August 5-6, 2008, Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center,
Indianapolis, Indiana.  Hosted by Assessment of Nanomaterials in the
Environment (ANE), Purdue University.  Contributors are the Birck
Nanotechnology Center, Center for the Environment, and Purdue University.
Sponsored by National Science Foundation, NIRT Program.  For additional
information and to register, Register online at: www.conf.purdue.edu/nano
<http://www.conf.purdue.edu/nano>
 
3.2: per Cris King, SPS: Limited Submission Competition: NSF S-STEM.  New
internal deadlines have been posted at
http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi
<http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi>  for the National Science
Foundation¹s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (S-STEM) competition. The request for proposals is available at
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07524/nsf07524.htm
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07524/nsf07524.htm> .  Internal deadlines
for the next competition are as follows:  Monday, June 2: Letters of Intent
due to the OVPR; Monday, June 30: Preproposals due to the OVPR; Thursday,
July 3: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR.  Please note:  Letters of
intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to
OVPRlimited at purdue.edu. Purdue's limited submission policy and templates for
letters of intent and preproposals may be found at
http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi
<http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . For any case in which the
number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of
proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an
internal preproposal will be unnecessary.
 
3.3:  per Cris King, SPS:  NSF STC Solicitation ‹ a significant upcoming
funding opportunity.  The National Science Foundation plans to issue a new
solicitation for its Science and Technology Centers Program (STC) in May or
June of this year. Our expectation is that the RFP, when released, will
limit the number of preliminary proposals that may be submitted.  In order
to allow adequate time for the development of successful proposals from
Purdue for this competition, this office will establish shorter-than-usual
internal deadlines for letters of intent and preproposals.  It is our hope
that, through early determination of which faculty teams will be going
forward with preliminary proposals to NSF, your faculty will have more time
to work on their proposals, and we will be able to provide more
administrative support, as needed. Information about the STC program is
available at http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/
<http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/> .
 
 
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4.  LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
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4.1:  Craft Sale:  Tuesday, April 29, 12:00PM, MRGN Café.