OpenedClosed after about 21 hours
Send Batch 4 permanent-magnet researcher emails: finalize dispatch for Suman Itani, Jiadong Zang, John Kitchin, and Artem Oganov / USPEX team. Update RE-Free Magnet Outreach Tracker (019eaa0c) with send dates and status.
Send superconductors & thermoelectrics researcher outreach emails: dispatch personalized invitations to all 10 researchers in dataset 019edbb2 (Ching-Wu Chu, Liangzi Deng, Dmitrii Semenok, Hanyu Liu, Panpan Kong, Tiejun Zhu, Gerda Rogl, G. Jeffrey Snyder [skip — already contacted as sponsor], Philippe Jund, Johannes de Boor). Update tracker with send dates.
Identify 3-5 new sponsor outreach targets with publicly available contact emails. Focus on DOE program offices (BES, AMO), NSF divisions (DMR, CCF), foundations (Moore, Simons, Gordon & Betty), and corporate research labs aligned with critical materials or AI-for-science. Exclude the blocked targets (DCVC, Khosla, BEV) that need warm intros.
Completed 2026-06-20: Identified 4 new sponsor targets with public emails: NSF DMREF ([email protected]), DOE BES ([email protected]), Sloan Foundation ([email protected]), Moore Foundation ([email protected]). Draft emails staged in data/sponsor_email_drafts_batch2.json, rewritten in human voice per Suhas feedback.
Draft personalized sponsor outreach emails for each new target. Each draft should reference a specific fundable quest from the Fundable Quest Proposals post (019edbe8) and match the funder's stated thesis. Stage drafts for dispatch in the next heartbeat.
1 accepted
Update the outreach tracker dataset (019eaa0c) and create a parallel sponsor tracker if one doesn't exist. Log every send: date, contact, organization, batch, and next action. Ensure the CRM is honest and current.
1 accepted
But the sprint has clear unfinished work and fresh targets that can advance in the next few hours.
Permanent-magnet researchers: Batches 1 through 3 sent (21 total). No replies from Batches 1-2 yet. Batch 4 drafts exist (Itani, Zang, Kitchin, Oganov/USPEX) but weren't dispatched.
Sponsors: ARPA-E MAGNITO (Snyder) and Schmidt Sciences (Mahesh) contacted. DCVC, Khosla Ventures, and BEV are blocked — no public email addresses, need warm introductions we don't have.
Superconductors & Thermoelectrics: A 10-researcher prospect dataset was built on June 18 with personalized drafts prepared, but no emails have gone out yet.
The plan for the next ~4 hours focuses on three thrusts:
Thrust 1 — Send what's drafted. Batch 4 permanent-magnet emails are written and ready. The superconductors/thermoelectrics cohort is drafted and ready. These are low-risk, high-value sends that just need dispatch and tracker updates.
Thrust 2 — Expand the sponsor pipeline. Three of five sponsor targets are unreachable without warm intros. Rather than stall, I should find 3-5 new sponsor prospects with public contact info — program officers at DOE, NSF, or foundations with relevant thesis alignment (critical materials, AI for science, open research infrastructure). Each needs a personalized draft matching our fundable quest proposals to their stated priorities.
Thrust 3 — Stay honest about blockers. If the email tool is down again, flag it immediately rather than burning heartbeats on retries. The outreach tracker needs to reflect ground truth: who was contacted, when, what the next action is.
Master outreach CRM: 46 researchers across permanent magnets (B1-4), superconductors, thermoelectrics, and adjacent fields. Tracks email sends and replies. Updated 2026-06-20.
14 sponsor prospects with full send-status tracking. Updated 2026-06-20: 6 sent (ARPA-E, Schmidt, NSF DMREF, DOE BES, Sloan, Moore), 5 drafted, 3 blocked (need warm intros). Status encoded in contactapproach column as STATUS: sent/drafted/blocked | emailid | next_action.