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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Penn State does not receive any support from the state for our clean room operations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I hope it goes well for you facility <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Robert Cornwall<br>Penn State Materials Research Institute<br>Managing Director<br>814-863-8735<br><a href="mailto:rgc5@psu.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>rgc5@psu.edu</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Flounders<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 13, 2017 8:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] Nano Lab Managers: off-campus budget line support?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ian,<br>No non-campus budgetary support received.<br>I am rooting for your success so many of us<br>can point to you.<br>Sincerely,<br>Bill Flounders<br>UC Berkeley NanoLab<br><br><br>On 6/13/2017 9:38 AM, Ian Harvey wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Micro/Nano Lab Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I just had a very positive discussion with our AVP-R acknowledging that she never expects our lab to break even.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(!!)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But for sustainability she wants to go after a legislative line item to fund our O&M and the lab and asset management/automation software that will link to other areas of campus and to off-campus resources.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Her question is: <b>What other research labs receive non-campus budgetary support </b>(other than user fees, Dean, VP, etc.), such as an endowment, or a state or other government line item support of ongoing costs to keep prices low to the researchers? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If she can point to peers who are recognized for the importance of the facilities by stakeholders who strategically provide for ongoing costs, then she feels like she can make the case.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Your assistance is greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>—Ian<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Ian R. Harvey, Ph.D.<br><br>Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Utah Nanofab at the University of Utah</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Cleanroom Fabrication and nanoImaging & Surface Analysis<br>801/585-6162 (voicemail)<br><a href="http://www.nanofab.utah.edu">www.nanofab.utah.edu</a><br><a href="http://sal.nanofab.utah.edu">http://sal.nanofab.utah.edu</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Micron Technology Foundation Inc., Microscopy Suite<br>Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building — A USTAR Innovation Center<br><br>36 South Wasatch Drive<br>Suite 2500<br>Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9011<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>=<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>labnetwork mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://www-mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork">https://www-mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>