Bud, thanks for the clarification.

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls (a regional comprehensive with 6,000 students) has a small faculty research program which is administered by the Faculty/Academic Staff Development Board--seven members drawn from across campus, plus the staffers responsible for faculty development and for grants (which is me), ex officio.  The FASDB administers 10-12 competitions per year, everything from faculty travel to present at conferences to sabbaticals.

Faculty Research grant proposals are read by the FASDB Research Subcommittee--four members, augmented by 2-3 additional faculty drawn from areas not already represented.  Nonetheless, we receive proposals from disciplines which are outside every reader's area of expertise, so we tell proposers that they must write their proposals accordingly.  Some pay no attention and suffer in the competition--we tell readers, if you can't understand the proposal, score it down.

These procedures have worked well for us for six years.  For more detail, see the FASDB webpage, http://www.uwrf.edu/facdev/welcome.htm.  Full disclosure: we adapted the FASDB model from UW-Oshkosh, though our method of reading faculty research grant proposals is home grown, I believe.

Regards, Bill

Bill Campbell
Director, Grants & Research
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
715/425-3195
xxxxxx@uwrf.edu

>>> xxxxxx@EIU.EDU 07/23/02 02:21PM >>>
Thanks to all of you who replied to my question on the composition or
membership of internal research committees.

As a clarification to those who inquired ... the question is aimed
primarily at non R-1 schools.

We are in the process of reviewing the structure of our internal research
committee.  The committee reviews internal proposals from all the academic
areas of the University for funding research and creative activity.  It
rates the proposals and then makes recommendations for funding.  Funding is
distributed and administered from our office.

Over the years we have seen a number of models for membership on these
types of committees.  For example, some schools use two representatives
from each college and an "at large appointment."  Others use
representatives from various "areas" (humanities, biological sciences,
pedagogy, etc.).

We would appreciate input from those of you who have these committees on
how you determine your membership.

Bud May
Director

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