Oh geez. After you read all these, and you finally figure out what the definition really is, then maybe you'll have time to actually do some of it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Buennemeyer [SMTP:xxxxxx@JMU.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:41 PM
> To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject:      Re: [RESADM-L]
>
> Following is an overview that I utilized for a recent report.
>
> The research enterprise is a system composed of the people and
> organizations responsible for performing, financing, utilizing, and
> monitoring research.  The effective administration of that enterprise
> depends on an understanding of the complex, interdependent relationships
> among sponsors, principal investigators, administrators and the
> institutional policies and procedures which comprise the programs
> themselves.  The research administrator must be prepared to work in an
> ever-changing environment, and be prepared to help faculty from the early
> stages of proposal development, through the University's acceptance of
> sponsored awards, and finally through project administration and technical
> closeout.  Additionally, the research administrator is responsible for
> ensuring compliance with university, state, federal, and sponsor policies
> and all relevant procedures of sponsored projects.
>
>
>
> --On Monday, August 05, 2002 1:34 PM -0500 Mike McCallister
> <xxxxxx@UALR.EDU> wrote:
>
> > This thing about research administration being about IP?  That
> > completely misses the point (Sorry Charlie).  IP is a small tail
> > wagging a big dog right now and is used so much the term has lost
> > currency.  IP happens within research, sometimes.  It is almost
> > serendipitous.  It certainly is not as big a deal as some want it to
> > be, not yet.
> >
> > So what's RA?  What did you tell your Mom you do at work?  That's
> > what it is.  It's what needs to be done for our researchers and
> > faculty  to create new knowledge, solve problems, grow themselves,
> > even save the world, maybe.  But most of all what we do is help those
> > who can to do because what they do is, by and large, important to
> > society.
> >
> >
> >
> > Spanky
> >
> >
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