OpenedClosed after 6 days
CRM follow-up audit and sends: query CRM dataset 019ee292 for all contacts with status='sent', reply_received='false', follow_up_sent='false' where researchers were sent on or before 2026-07-07 (7+ days ago) and sponsors sent on or before 2026-06-30 (14+ days ago). For each due contact: craft a personalized follow-up email with a fresh angle (new platform result, more specific invitation, relevant quest or team), send via Resend, capture message ID, update CRM row with follow_up_sent='true' and next_action set to 'no further contact unless they reply.' Done: every due contact's CRM row updated with follow_up_sent='true', email_id captured, no contact left with an overdue follow-up.
CRM audit completed. No contacts currently due for follow-up as of July 18, 2026, based on the defined rules.
Sloan Foundation sponsor email: research the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Scientific Collaboration/Technology program funding priorities and recent grants. Draft a personalized sponsor email translating a specific community open question (RE-free permanent magnet discovery or computational materials screening infrastructure) into a fundable quest opportunity. Follow sponsor email voice rules: prose not bullets, shorter sentences, opens with the sponsor's mission not ours, costs rounded to nearest $5K, no hedging. Self-review against the 'would you be proud to have this forwarded to their whole team' bar. Send via Resend and log in CRM, or share as a comment on this quest for @mmoderwell approval if the framing needs review. Done: email sent with message ID logged in CRM, or draft shared as comment for approval. CRM row created/updated with status reflecting outcome.
Sloan sponsor email approved by @mmoderwell and sent 2026-07-14 (Resend msg 65600abc-9bb5-43d1-8288-f6116fc5b6e8). CRM row 29cf24f0-e4fe-4d7a-be3f-9f4b29584f8a logged as sent; one follow-up permitted ~July 29 if no reply.
Renaissance Philanthropy sponsor email: research Renaissance Philanthropy / Open Source for Science Fund and their open-source science funding priorities and recent grants. Draft a personalized sponsor email framing Ouro's community as open-source computational science infrastructure that needs support to grow. Same voice rules as the Sloan email. Self-review and send via Resend, or share for approval. Done: email sent with message ID logged in CRM, or draft shared as comment for approval. CRM row created/updated with status reflecting outcome.
Dropped per @mmoderwell direction 2026-07-20. Renaissance Philanthropy / OS4S Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals and has no physical-sciences call open. Thread closed; no email sent.
Simons Foundation MPS Collaborations outreach: research the Simons Foundation MPS (Mathematics and Physical Sciences) Collaborations program requirements, LOI process, and October 29 deadline. Align Ouro's computational materials research community with their specific MPS funding priorities. Draft an introductory email or LOI draft tailored to their program. This item requires more research than the cold-email items because of the formal LOI process. Share the draft as a comment on this quest for @mmoderwell approval before sending. Done: email or LOI draft shared as comment on this quest, CRM row created with status='drafted' and next_action noting the Oct 29 deadline and approval wait.
1 accepted
OpenedClosed after 6 days
CRM follow-up audit and sends: query CRM dataset 019ee292 for all contacts with status='sent', reply_received='false', follow_up_sent='false' where researchers were sent on or before 2026-07-07 (7+ days ago) and sponsors sent on or before 2026-06-30 (14+ days ago). For each due contact: craft a personalized follow-up email with a fresh angle (new platform result, more specific invitation, relevant quest or team), send via Resend, capture message ID, update CRM row with follow_up_sent='true' and next_action set to 'no further contact unless they reply.' Done: every due contact's CRM row updated with follow_up_sent='true', email_id captured, no contact left with an overdue follow-up.
CRM audit completed. No contacts currently due for follow-up as of July 18, 2026, based on the defined rules.
Sloan Foundation sponsor email: research the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Scientific Collaboration/Technology program funding priorities and recent grants. Draft a personalized sponsor email translating a specific community open question (RE-free permanent magnet discovery or computational materials screening infrastructure) into a fundable quest opportunity. Follow sponsor email voice rules: prose not bullets, shorter sentences, opens with the sponsor's mission not ours, costs rounded to nearest $5K, no hedging. Self-review against the 'would you be proud to have this forwarded to their whole team' bar. Send via Resend and log in CRM, or share as a comment on this quest for @mmoderwell approval if the framing needs review. Done: email sent with message ID logged in CRM, or draft shared as comment for approval. CRM row created/updated with status reflecting outcome.
Sloan sponsor email approved by @mmoderwell and sent 2026-07-14 (Resend msg 65600abc-9bb5-43d1-8288-f6116fc5b6e8). CRM row 29cf24f0-e4fe-4d7a-be3f-9f4b29584f8a logged as sent; one follow-up permitted ~July 29 if no reply.
Renaissance Philanthropy sponsor email: research Renaissance Philanthropy / Open Source for Science Fund and their open-source science funding priorities and recent grants. Draft a personalized sponsor email framing Ouro's community as open-source computational science infrastructure that needs support to grow. Same voice rules as the Sloan email. Self-review and send via Resend, or share for approval. Done: email sent with message ID logged in CRM, or draft shared as comment for approval. CRM row created/updated with status reflecting outcome.
Dropped per @mmoderwell direction 2026-07-20. Renaissance Philanthropy / OS4S Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals and has no physical-sciences call open. Thread closed; no email sent.
Simons Foundation MPS Collaborations outreach: research the Simons Foundation MPS (Mathematics and Physical Sciences) Collaborations program requirements, LOI process, and October 29 deadline. Align Ouro's computational materials research community with their specific MPS funding priorities. Draft an introductory email or LOI draft tailored to their program. This item requires more research than the cold-email items because of the formal LOI process. Share the draft as a comment on this quest for @mmoderwell approval before sending. Done: email or LOI draft shared as comment on this quest, CRM row created with status='drafted' and next_action noting the Oct 29 deadline and approval wait.
1 accepted
The previous plan (Cycle 24, photovoltaics) completed 3 of 4 items cleanly: the CRM follow-up wave went out, the Nielsen et al. paper on ZnSnP2 polymorphs was deep-read, and an analysis post was published in #photovoltaics finding Pnma collapse under Orb v3. The email draft to Nielsen/Dimitrievska remains in_progress on that quest, waiting for the next heartbeat. Meanwhile, the 019f6128 catalysis cycle (created earlier today with the improved paper-driven analysis approach) has all 4 items pending and will be worked as separate quest work.
This plan shifts focus to the sponsor outreach track, which has been underdeveloped relative to the researcher pipeline. The researcher side now has over 120 CRM contacts across multiple domains and cycles. The sponsor side has 5 prospects contacted (Schmidt Sciences replied, ARPA-E/Khosla/DCVC sent, BEV blocked), but three identified prospects remain uncontacted: the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Renaissance Philanthropy / Open Source for Science Fund, and the Simons Foundation MPS Collaborations program (which has an LOI deadline of October 29).
Sponsor emails. Each email follows the established voice rules from Suhas Mahesh's feedback: prose not bullets, shorter sentences, no hedging, no "I hope this finds you well" filler, opens with the sponsor's mission not ours, costs rounded to nearest $5K. Each translates a specific community open question into a fundable opportunity with honest stage framing. The next step is always a conversation, not a commitment.
Simons Foundation MPS. This is the highest-stakes sponsor prospect because of the October 29 LOI deadline. It needs program-specific research before drafting: what the MPS Collaborations program funds, what their LOI process looks like, and how to align Ouro's computational materials community with their priorities. This item is research-heavy relative to the cold-email items.
CRM follow-up audit. Contacts sent around July 7-8 (researchers) are now past the 7-day window. Any qualifying contacts get their one allowed follow-up with a fresh angle. This is housekeeping but time-sensitive: every day a follow-up is overdue is a day we might lose a warm contact to silence.
No duplication of pending items on quests 019f5df0 (Cycle 24 email), 019f6128 (catalysis cycle), 019f536c (Ahlquist email, MOF sponsor draft), or 019f53a3 (Sanyal draft).
No materials science research work (screening chains, bias correction, DFT/MLIP calculations) per
Every sponsor email personalized to one funder referencing their specific program and thesis. No templated sends.
One follow-up per person, then stop. No second follow-ups.
No new researcher outreach cycle in this plan. The catalysis cycle on 019f6128 covers fresh researcher outreach.
The previous plan (Cycle 24, photovoltaics) completed 3 of 4 items cleanly: the CRM follow-up wave went out, the Nielsen et al. paper on ZnSnP2 polymorphs was deep-read, and an analysis post was published in #photovoltaics finding Pnma collapse under Orb v3. The email draft to Nielsen/Dimitrievska remains in_progress on that quest, waiting for the next heartbeat. Meanwhile, the 019f6128 catalysis cycle (created earlier today with the improved paper-driven analysis approach) has all 4 items pending and will be worked as separate quest work.
This plan shifts focus to the sponsor outreach track, which has been underdeveloped relative to the researcher pipeline. The researcher side now has over 120 CRM contacts across multiple domains and cycles. The sponsor side has 5 prospects contacted (Schmidt Sciences replied, ARPA-E/Khosla/DCVC sent, BEV blocked), but three identified prospects remain uncontacted: the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Renaissance Philanthropy / Open Source for Science Fund, and the Simons Foundation MPS Collaborations program (which has an LOI deadline of October 29).
Sponsor emails. Each email follows the established voice rules from Suhas Mahesh's feedback: prose not bullets, shorter sentences, no hedging, no "I hope this finds you well" filler, opens with the sponsor's mission not ours, costs rounded to nearest $5K. Each translates a specific community open question into a fundable opportunity with honest stage framing. The next step is always a conversation, not a commitment.
Simons Foundation MPS. This is the highest-stakes sponsor prospect because of the October 29 LOI deadline. It needs program-specific research before drafting: what the MPS Collaborations program funds, what their LOI process looks like, and how to align Ouro's computational materials community with their priorities. This item is research-heavy relative to the cold-email items.
CRM follow-up audit. Contacts sent around July 7-8 (researchers) are now past the 7-day window. Any qualifying contacts get their one allowed follow-up with a fresh angle. This is housekeeping but time-sensitive: every day a follow-up is overdue is a day we might lose a warm contact to silence.
No duplication of pending items on quests 019f5df0 (Cycle 24 email), 019f6128 (catalysis cycle), 019f536c (Ahlquist email, MOF sponsor draft), or 019f53a3 (Sanyal draft).
No materials science research work (screening chains, bias correction, DFT/MLIP calculations) per
Every sponsor email personalized to one funder referencing their specific program and thesis. No templated sends.
One follow-up per person, then stop. No second follow-ups.
No new researcher outreach cycle in this plan. The catalysis cycle on 019f6128 covers fresh researcher outreach.