National Science FoundationJuly 2013 -- Issue 20

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Letter from the CHE Division Director:Division Leadership, Budget Update,Proposals & Merit Review, and Committee of Visitors

Tanja Pietraß1 Letter from the

CHE Division Director

2 Staff Changes in the

Dear Colleagues,

Division of ChemistryDirect

In the last Newsletter, I introduced myself as the new Deputy Division

NSF Division ofChemistry at

DirDirect

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, Dr. Jackie Gervved to the Uni

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ed his term as Division

3 ACS Meetings

the interim, I was appointed as the Acting Division Dirvis, will join us in Jul

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with declinations of those prin betw

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7 isitors—

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to actual appre is a long and uncertain path

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panels in lieu of fTherefore, in Fiscal Y

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to make a very positive virtual panel eough electr

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9 Important NSF Policy Updates

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12 Upcoming Proposal Deadlines

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With wTanja Pietr

arm regards,

Acting Division Diraß

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Staff Changes in the Division of ChemistryDebbie Jones

colleagues DrThe Division w

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. Zakya Kafafi, Dr Emeritus. DrProfessor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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Upcoming Proposal Deadlines

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) SitesFull Proposal for MPS Directorate: July 24, 2013 Full Proposal: August 28, 2013NSF 11-690 NSF 13-542

Each disciplinary program within the Division of Chemistry has a single annual submission window for unsolicited proposals. Proposals responding to funding opportunities without specific deadlines (e.g., Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI; NSF 00-144) and Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI; NSF 12-513)) should be submitted during the submission windows listed below.

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vestigators ysis – CA

(PIs) maTy submit to the following programs annually between September 1st and September 30th:

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y be submittement and Imaging - CMI

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Newsletter ProductionTanja Pietrass, MPS/CHE

Matthew Pepper, DAS/IDB

All deadlines are 5 p.m., submitter’s local time, unless otherwise noted

C. Renee Wilkerson, NSF/CHE

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