Site Visits
The Research Development group routinely assists faculty who have been selected by the sponsor for a pre-award site visit. Research Development can coordinate all non-technical aspects of the visit, allowing involved faculty to focus on technical presentations.
The site visit coordination services provided by Research Development include:
Logistics
- Recommending and reserving appropriate campus venue for visit
- Arranging for catered meals for visit
- Making hotel arrangements for both site visitors and partners on proposal, as needed
- Assisting with travel arrangements for site visitors and partners, as needed
- Handling parking and related transportation issues
- Assuring wireless access for all site visitors and partners
- Arranging for appropriate A/V
Materials
- Providing input for and creating agenda
- Assisting in creation of presentation slides: template, formatting, proofing
- Creating books of presentation materials, including slides and proposal
- Making flash drives of presentations
- Creating name badges and tent cards
Mock Review
- Securing team of peer reviewers to serve as red team for mock review
- Making mock review arrangements: meetings, location, materials, refreshments, videoconferencing for partners, feedback to team
Principal investigators seeking this assistance should contact Sue Grimes (sgrimes@purdue.edu) immediately upon receiving notice of an upcoming site visit.
