Does it ever feel like you only hear about important deadlines when it is too late? I frequently feel that way, so in this series, I am going to remind graduate students of some upcoming deadlines, as I did for Science Exchange in Graduate Student Award and Conference Opportunities and Innovative Research Awards for Young Investigators.

These upcoming funding, conference, and award deadlines are focused on the graduate student audience; however, many may also apply to postdocs, undergraduates, or young faculty as well. Profiled below is funding to attend the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, a grant for public outreach of Analytical Chemistry, an Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship, and the ACS Western Regional Meeting.

In today’s world, especially living in the San Francisco Bay area, everyone has his or her stereotype of what an entrepreneur is. Are they someone who wears a hoodie? Someone who eats pizza and plays video games at work at 3 am? Or someone else who neglects all for her garage laboratory? They might be entrepreneurs, but at the real heart of entrepreneurship are three things: the ability to identify or recognize opportunity, the ability to review or assess opportunity, and last but not least, the ability to successfully execute and realize opportunity. While these tasks seem straightforward on paper, the skills you need for each one are very different, and it is difficult to be good at all of them. To be a successful entrepreneur, you need to excel at all three, all at the same time.

Are you interested in starting a science business? DrinkEntrepreneurs SF is having a social gathering Thursday, January 10, from 6-10 pm at 111 Minna Gallery (near Montgomery Bart). This is a monthly gathering for entrepreneur-minded people. It usually reaches capacity at 111 Minna, so they recommend to come early.

The event is free, RSVP here: http://drinkentrepreneurs-sf-jan102013.eventbrite.com/.

Herradura Tequila will be sponsoring a tequila tasting and drink specials.

DrinkEntrepreneurs is currently a monthly gathering in 30 cities around the world including Paris, London, Brussels, and throughout the United States. This month is an exception, but meetings are generally on the first Thursday of the month.

111 Minna Gallery is currently featuring the works of John Waguespack.

RSVP on Facebook here.