CALENDAR
2008
January
- NINE Governing Board formed
- Draft bylaws and IP agreement sent to Governing Board for review
- NINE Administrator posting submitted
- First Governing Board teleconference Jan 28th
February
- Initial NINE Administrator selection
- NINE Partners teleconference February 7th
- Governing Board meeting February 21st
March
- Creation of revised membership and IP agreements
- Summer intern program defined
April
- NINE Partners Teleconference April 3rd
- NINE Governing Board Meeting April 21st, Chicago O’Hare Airport
- NINE partners teleconference
May
- Revised membership agreement documents sent to all NINE partners
- NSF-NINE summer students selected
- NINE 2008 Summer Program agenda finalized
June
- Summer Program begins June 2nd
- Teleconference with all NINE Partners
- Receive feedback from partners on membership agreements
July
- NINE Governing Board Teleconference July 1st - finalize membership agreements
- NINE Community Week July 28th – August 1st
- Technology Workshop to select focus areas and calls for proposals – July 29-30th
- Governing Board Meeting in conjunction with Technology Workshop
August
- Sandia and DOE support for FY09 proposals defined
- Send out calls for proposals to NINE Partners
- Send membership agreements to NINE partners for signing
September
- Governing Board meeting
- Membership agreements signed
- NINECON formed
October
- Proposals received for FY09 projects
- Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- NINECON funding and administration structure in place
November
- NINE FY09 Technical Projects Selected
- NINECON Partners Meeting
- “Moving Forward with America COMPETES” workshop
December
- Contracts placed for FY09 Technical Projects to begin in January 2010.
2007
Nov
- NINE Industrial Needs Workshop,
November 12-13th,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Mini-Workshop on Nano-Engineering Education in Collaboration with Sandia,
November 14th
Albuquerque, New Mexico