Re: Criteria for Proposal Submission Glenn Krell 01 Oct 2002 17:32 EST
Interesting thread. I have a related question in regard to the internal publicity campaign once campus administrators are aware of a given one-per-campus solicitation. There are many of these offerings from funders; for example, a fund search on www.cos.com shows that as of this morning there were 268 solicitations with a limited # of PIs per institution and award of unspecified or $50,000+. Now, the more proposals the better of course, and I agree with Charlie regarding how internal competitions result in better proposals. However, the trend that some of you have noted could lead to a large number of internal competitions. Given this volume, does your institution publicize internal competitions for: a) every one-per-campus solicitation that individual faculty call to your attention; b) only the one-per-campus solicitations selected by administration; c) as many one-per-campus solicitations as are applicable to your research; or d) other (some combination of the above). Thanks. -Glenn <xxxxxx@iit.edu> At 12:20 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, RESADM wrote: >Perhaps another alternative is for competing faculty to be encouraged to >cooperate on a single proposal to the private agency. Financial incentives >from the Central office and support of Deans from competitive units might >facilitate a better group, even multi-disciplinary, proposal and, as well, >show the agency that the University is supporting the project. >Bob >xxxxxx@umich.edu > >--On Tuesday, October 1, 2002 12:14 PM -0400 Charlie Hathaway ><xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU> wrote: > >snip-- good thoughts to save space > >> The problem is being undemocratic in a culture that often views the >> academic as a self-employed entrepreneur who is free to do whatever he or >> she wants. But most faculty understand that grants are not really their >> property and that schools have an interest in grants that goes beyond the >> support of the ideas and careers of individuals. I think the trick is to >> convince the faculty that consideration of competitiveness is good for >> everyone. Less time wasted, more money received. And if Prof X does not >> get the nod (and the extra help!) this time, he might next time. >> >> Charlie > > >====================================================================== > 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") >====================================================================== ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================