The October 2013 issue of The Nano Bite (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network or NISENet newsletter) showed up in my mailbox this morning (Oct. 1, 2013) announcing NanoDays 2014 physical kit applications and 2014 mini-grant applications (mini-grants are for US-based institutions and residents only) are now available,

→ NanoDays 2014 Kit Applications Now OpenApplications are now open for NanoDays 2014 physical kits! We invite you to fill out an application for a physical kit containing all the materials and resources you need to start planning your community events; applications are due December 1, 2013. For details on NanoDays and the application, go to: http://www.nisenet.org/blog/nanodays/nanodays_2014_kit_applications_-_due_december_1_2013.

→ Mini-Grant Applications Are OpenNISE Net 2014 Mini-Grants applications are now available. Planning to apply? For details about the program and application, go to: http://www.nisenet.org/blog/network_news/nise_network_2014_mini-grant_application_now_open_applications_due_november_1_2013. You can check out the list of past recipients here for more ideas. The due date for applications is November 1, 2013

There’s also a listing of upcoming Online Brown Bag conversations,

→ Online Brown-Bag Conversations
In the coming months, the NISE Network will continue to offer a series of online brown-bag conversations focused on helping NISE Network partners share their work and learn from others in the Network

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• Universal Design of Programs Workshop Follow-Up designed to support institutions working to make their public programs inclusive of the broad range of museum audiences (October 28th).
• Nano in Food exploring the intersection between nano and food just in time for Thanksgiving (November 13th).
• Details on upcoming and previous brown-bags are listed chronologically here: http://www.nisenet.org/community/events/online_workshop.

Finally, here’s one of my favourite newsletter items,

Nano Haiku

Nano is so small,
Does not follow all the rules
Neither does this Haiku.

This rule-bending haiku comes to us from Joe Schwanebeck, of the Science Center of Iowa.

You can find the entire October 2013 newsletter here.