Please see attached (here and here) and this website for more information: https://www.quarrylifeaward.com/en/news/the-6th-edition-now-open-for-participation.

The Quarry Awards are open to all and is environmentally based with cash prizes. Project proposals are due November 18th, 2024. 

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Blueprint Fall 2024: Opportunity for Purdue Students & Postdocs

The Engine is seeking applications from aspiring entrepreneurial scientists and engineers for their Fall 2024 Blueprint program.

 

Blueprint is an accelerator program for graduate students, postdocs, and research scientists to explore the commercial opportunities of their scientific breakthroughs. The program is designed to give future Tough Tech leaders the chance to learn the entrepreneurial process from those who are living it, as well as provide a platform to crystallize the commercial potential of participants’ startup concepts. From September 13th to October 18th, Blueprint participants will follow a weekly curriculum including discussions on technology risk mitigation, experimentation planning, intellectual property, fundraising prep, storytelling, and more. First launched in 2020, Blueprint offers two cohorts a year: Fall and Spring. 

 

If you would like to participate or know someone that is interested, the program website contains additional information and a section to apply by August 12th @ 11:59pm. The application is designed to take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Lina Henriquez (lina@engine.xyz).

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Office of Graduate Admissions Document Collection Dates

The Office of Graduate Admissions will be meeting with students in-person to collect/verify admission documents to satisfy conditions of admission/continued enrollment. Students can drop off transcripts to YONG 170 at any time or can have the documents sent electronically from the institution. However, if they are asking for the transcripts to be returned then students will need to attend one of the dates below.  There is no guarantee, however, that the transcripts would be returned. The office will only verify diplomas and/or degree certificates during one of these scheduled dates. 

 

Students may visit at the following location on the dates listed below:

Ernest C. Young Hall, Room 180

155 S. Grant Street

West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

July- All hours are 10 – Noon and 1 pm – 3 pm

• July 24 

• July 30

 

August- All hours are 10 – Noon and 1 pm – 3 pm

• August 7 & 8

• August 12 & 15

• August 19 & 21

• August 29

The Office of Graduate Professional Development will hold workshops the week of July 22. Please see attached for more information.

 

There is an NIH F31 Info Session on July 24th with an application incentive. Please see attached as well.

 

To sign up, please go to https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/.

Please find important dates and deadlines, professional development events, and more via this link: https://www.purdue.edu/academics/ogsps/about/calendar/

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