"Credit" is always a problem.
You can share "credit" when you are discussing "activity" or "contribution"
to an intellectual activity. You can do something like this using whatever
names/responsibilities are listed in proposals. Warning: set your
guidelines for "co-PI" or other collaborators clearly and objectively, and
stick to them. And make chairs, at least, sign off! Maybe Deans. (Might
use "faculty named in project budget as criterion.)
It is very difficult to share "credit" when you are discussing $ brought
in. If that's the measure of your "credit" system, you may find you have
to do what we do: A project can be administratively divided into parts
when it makes sense. A Program Project grant is one. Otherwise use
judgement; we base it on requests (at proposal time, not later when chairs
and deans smell money!) for administrative sub-accounts, and we look at the
work plan to make sure it is a reasonable division of activity and
responsibility.
Consider what this report does in the institutional (formal or informal)
reward system for individuals and for units. Or what you want it to
do! Then set criteria and stick to them. People will always try to milk
the system!!
Chuck
At 10:03 AM 10/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Has anyone developed an annual report and included CoPIs as well as the
>PIs? If you have, would you send me a pdf copy of the report? Or, if you
>have considered including the CoPIs but decided against doing so, please
>send me your reasons why it didn't work.
>
>One of our department chairs wants see his faculty, who are CoPIs,
>included on the annual report. When the CoPI is listed on a grant within
>that same department, they will show up on that department's report.
>However, the problem comes when X department faculty are CoPI on Y
>department's report. Then what? Awkward cross referencing?
>
>Perhaps some of you have come up with a neat report that addresses this
>question of giving credit to CoPIs. For a look at our annual reports,
>please visit:
>
><http://www.southalabama.edu/osp/researchreports.htm>http://www.southalabama.edu/osp/researchreports.htm
>
>Maggie
>
>
>
>
>Maggie Pyle, Ph.D.
>Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
>University of South Alabama
>Mobile, AL 36688
><http://www.southalabama.edu/osp>www.southalabama.edu/osp
>(251) 460-6456
>(251) 460-7955 fax
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