For clarification, some of the issues that we have been having include:

              PIs not letting us know they are working with a grantwriter until the last minute—when we ask where the materials are…

              Grant writers not following standard university procedures: for example, sending us the grant materials early

              Grant writers thinking that they “own” the documents and treating them as proprietary

              Grant writers creating their own login for foundations, etc,. and attempting to submit

              And, generally being a pain in the rear end and refusing to cooperate with preaward staff (the “Lone Ranger” type…you know, going ROGUE and not listening to pre award advice on submission materials)

 

Has anyone else had these issues with external grant writers?  If so, how have you dealt with these issues?
For us, this is a fairly new issue, as more of our PIs are using grant writers to obtain funding.   I am wondering if this is a new issue for others as well.

 

 

Lisa Daniels, CRA, CPRA

Senior Grant & Contract Officer

Marshall University Research Corporation

304-696-3368

 

From: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> On Behalf Of Daniels, Lisa
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Subject: [RESADM-L] Looking for policies on using external grant writers at institutions

 

Good afternoon,

Does anyone’s institution have a policy concerning the use of external grant writers?  This policy would be probably directed to PIs and/or departments concerning the acknowledgment of institutional policy. 

 

Thank you in advance.  We have a few issues to address with grant writers, but I figured if someone has something already written down we could use that as a starting point.

 

 

 

Lisa S. Daniels, CRA, CPRA
Senior Grant & Contract Officer

Marshall University Research Corporation

phone:  (304)  696-3368

xxxxxx@marshall.edu

 

 

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