Re: Herbert B. Chermside 15 May 2002 07:34 EST
There is no problem with multiple applications to any agency unless the program announcement is specific that there is to be a limited number from an institution. (Small local agencies excepted -- there you go by "feel".) The choice of which proposal(s) should represent the institution in a case where there are limitations is one that falls squarely on academic management: chairs and deans, unless some other assignment of authority is specific to your institution. The practice I've used with success has two alternatives. If we know of a "limited number" opportunity with reasonable lead time, we forward it to the school(s) that might have an interest and tell them to select candidate(s); if more than one school is involved we ask the deans to work it out between themselves. Sometimes the result is a collaborative proposal between departments/schools; sometimes the result is one the deans feel has the best measure of success. If we get a proposal into the office where there is a limited number, we make a couple of phone calls to see if there are any other proposals being prepared for that opportunity, and if there are, we get academic management to make the decisions under time pressure. Not fancy, not very formal, but it works. Chuck At 01:45 PM 5/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: >We are a small university with a relatively new Office of Sponsored >Research. As more and more faculty are becoming involved in sponsored >research, I am running into the issue of faculty members competing for the >same source of funding support. Though I know each foundation and >government agency has specific guidelines re this issue, I'm looking at how >this is handled "in house"...in different Universities. Thank you > > > > > >Diane W. Keller, Ph.D. >Office of Research and Community Collaboration >(570) 961-4778 >xxxxxx@ac.marywood.edu > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-032A 11th & Marshall Streets Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://views.vcu.edu/ospa/ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================