We have struggled with this issue ever since I have been a Research
Administrator and it has become a hot topic recently with some of our larger
colleges. We have held a focus group session and a couple of meeting with
the Research Officers on campus to help guide us to a new way of counting
awards. We have traditionally credited 100% of the award to the first
department identified by the principal investigator. Earlier this month we
received concurrence from the Research Officers and administration to split
credit among the principal investigator and any co-principal investigators
according to a percentage split (with all pieces totaling 100%) among their
respective departments/centers as identified on the routing form.

To accommodate those that would like to double count and have a legitimate
need to identify the magnitude of activity that their department/center is
engaged in, we have created an additional report that lists all awards that
faculty are either PI or Co-PI on with the agreed upon credit for award and
expenditure counting and the total award amount listed in each department
that is listed for credit. The following is an example of how one activity
is listed under two different departments:

Sponsor/Title           PI w/ Co-I (-)  Project % Awd Credit % Exp Credit
Period                  Funded Amount

Col/Dept: HUMAN ECOLOGY COLL : HUMAN ECOLOGY ADMIN (15000)
NAT IN DIAB,DIG,&K D    BRAY, TAMMY M   739838          0               100
09/01/2000 08/31/2002   $438,000
Antioxidants and nuclear factor kappa B activation in insulin-dependent
diabetes.

Col/Dept: OFC AGRIC ADMIN : OARDC-HUMAN ECOLOGY (56900)
NAT IN DIAB,DIG,&K D    BRAY, TAMMY M   739838          100             0
09/01/2000 08/31/2002   $438,000
Antioxidants and nuclear factor kappa B activation in insulin-dependent
diabetes.

...Ed
Edward J. Gardner, PhD, CRA
Director, Institutional Research Data Analysis
The Ohio State University Research Foundation
1960 Kenny Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Phone: 614-292-5416
Fax: 614-292-5913
E-Mail: xxxxxx@osu.edu
www.rf.osu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Etheredge [mailto:xxxxxx@GWM.SC.EDU]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:52 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] Reporting of interdisciplinary awards

Dear Colleagues:

With the growth of interdisciplinary research centers at our
institution, we have encountered issues relating to the reporting of
awards for projects initiated through these centers.  In the past, we
have reported these awards under the center housing the project, but
with the centers' growth, they are pulling away dollars which would have
been reported through the PI's home department previously.

To handle this issue in previous years, we published an addendum to our
annual report which gives a breakdown of awards to interdisciplinary
projects and credits those awards to the PI's home department.
Unfortunately, now everybody wants us to "double" report projects under
the interdisciplinary center and the PI home department on a current
rather than annual basis.

While we want to assure that the PI home departments get proper credit,
we don't want to downplay the accomplishments of the research centers.
I would appreciate any insights into how this is handled at your
institutions.

Thanks.

Steve Etheredge

R. Steven Etheredge, Associate Director
Sponsored Programs & Research
University of South Carolina
(803) 777-7093
(803) 777-4136 fax
xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu

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