Proposal Processes for Discovery Park

II. Obtaining Approvals for Proposals to Route through Discovery Park

a. The PI will contact the Discovery Park Administrative Assistant to request a meeting with the Executive Director and the appropriate Center Director to discuss their intended research. The PI will prepare a brief abstract of the intended activity, an explanation of how the proposed activity fits within the Discovery Park concept and a list of the proposed scientific team. This information should be forwarded to the Executive Director prior to the meeting to discuss the proposal.

This contact must take at place least 8 weeks prior to the sponsor deadline.

§ Discovery Park Interim Executive Director –
Alan H. Rebar (rebar@purdue.edu or 66625)

§ Discovery Park Administrative Assistant –
Ruth Ann Weiderhaft (weiderhaft@purdue.edu or 66625)

§ Discovery Park Inter-Center Research Director –
Pankaj Sharma (sharma@purdue.edu or 67452)

§ Bindley Bioscience Center –
Mark Hermodson (hermodson@purdue.edu or 41637) or
George Wodicka (wodicka@ecn.purdue.edu or 42998)

§ Birck Nanotechnology Center –
James Cooper (cooperj@ecn.purdue.edu or 43514) or
Richard Schwartz (schwartz@purdue.edu or 40619)

§ Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship –
Jerry Woodall (woodall@ecn.purdue.edu or 43479)

§ Center for Advanced Manufacturing –

John Sullivan (sulivan@purdue.edu or 45148)

§ Center for the Environment –

Bernie Engel (engelb@purdue.edu or 41162)

§ Cyber Center

Ahmed Elmagarmid (ake@cs.purdue.edu or 41998)

§ Discovery Learning Center –
Beverly Davenport Sypher (bdsypher@purdue.edu or 49709)

§ e-Enterprise Center –
Joe Pekny (pekny@ecn.purdue.edu or 47901)

§ Energy Center –

Jay Gore (gore@purdue.edu or 42122)

§ Oncological Sciences Center –

Marietta Harrison (harrison@pharmacy.purdue.edu or 41442)

b. The Executive Director will notify the PI, Center Director and Discovery Park Business Manager of the decision within 48 hours. A carbon copy of the approval will be sent to all the Center Directors.

c. The Principal Investigator and the Executive Director of Discovery Park will convene a meeting of the relevant department heads, deans and Discovery Park Directors to discuss the importance, relevance, space requirements, cost sharing and faculty participation and other matters relevant to providing support for the proposed research.

d. Upon notification that the proposal will be submitted through Discovery Park, the Discovery Park Business Office will contact the PI within 48 hours to begin the budgeting process. The PI will be asked to provide details such as due date, sponsor and solicitation number to the business office

§ Discovery Park Business Office –
Christy Haddock (cjhaddock@purdue.edu or 41642) or
Leslie Vogel (lvogel@purdue.edu or 62393)