Re: Lead Time for Your OSP? Andrew M. Parkerson-Gray 23 Sep 2005 11:23 EST

Thank you for your voice of reason Charlie!

Charlie Hathaway wrote:

> I disagree.  Cops exist for a reason.  So do we.  We generally limit
> our justification for enforcement of strict internal submission
> deadlines to 2 reasons.  The first, long-term protection of the
> institution, is a great reason but under-appreciated by researchers.
> The second, allowing research administrators to maintain their sanity,
> is an OK reason but comes off as whining.
>
> But there is a third reason that is necessary to justify enforcement:
> that there is a direct relationship between lead time and proposal
> success.   Unfortunately, no one has attempted to prove that.   [And
> of course it might not be true despite the dreams of grantsmanship
> teachers everywhere.]   Anyone care to track internal lead-times and
> NIH priority scores for a year or two?   If done right, it's a JAMA
> paper for sure.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> At 04:59 PM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
>
>> As my friend Phil says, "I love deadlines, I like the sound they make
>> as they fly by."  If you are enforcing ANYTHING  you aren't doing
>> your job.  We aren't cops.
>>
>> Spanky
>>
>>
>>
>> At 03:11 PM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I can determine NOBODY NOWHERE is successful in enforcing
>>> grant submission deadlines incorporating any kind of lead time.  It
>>> is one thing to ask for certain lead times, and another thing
>>> entirely to require it and enforce compliance.  I put a question
>>> around a year ago (or so) to this discussion list about enforcing
>>> lead times.  I'd be happy to send a copy of replies I received to
>>> anyone who asks.
>>>
>>> John McCann, M.P.A., Ph.D.
>>> Academic Grants Manager
>>> The Evergreen State College
>>> Olympia, WA 98505
>>> Phone 360-867-6045
>>> Fax 360-867-6745
>>> E-Mail xxxxxx@evergreen.edu
>>>
>>>     -----Original Message-----
>>>     From: Research Administration List [
>>>     mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On <mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG%5DOn>
>>>     Behalf Of Mike McCallister
>>>     Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:18 AM
>>>     To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>>>     Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Lead Time for Your OSP?
>>>
>>>     We laugh at both the idea of a requirement and the wild
>>>     possibility that faculty will pay attention to it.  I'm pleased
>>>     to get 24 hours, shocked at 36,
>>>     Spanky
>>>
>>>     At 12:48 PM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>         Hello all,
>>>>         This is just an informal poll to see how much lead time
>>>>         your sponsored programs office requires to review a
>>>>         proposal. We ask for 5 business days to allow for the
>>>>         proposal load, corrections, major problems, etc. We also
>>>>         want the final draft, not rough drafts unless we had
>>>>         arranged to help review and edit those ahead of time. What
>>>>         does your OSP do?
>>>>         Thanks,
>>>>         Andrew
>>>>         ========================================
>>>>         Andrew M. Parkerson-Gray, CRA
>>>>         Senior Pre-Award Administrator
>>>>         UAF Office of Sponsored Programs
>>>>         909 N. Koyukuk Drive / P.O. Box 757270
>>>>         West Ridge Research Building, Suite 212F
>>>>         Fairbanks, AK 99775-7270
>>>>         Phone:  (907) 474-1851
>>>>         Fax:    (907) 474-5444
>>>>         E-mail: xxxxxx@uaf.edu
>>>>         Web:    http://www.uaf.edu/osp/
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>>>     Mike McCallister, Ph.D.
>>>     Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
>>>     University of Arkansas at Little Rock
>>>     2801 South University
>>>     Little Rock, AR  72204-1099
>>>     (o) 501-569-8474                     The work itself, the
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>>>     (c) 501-590-5609                      for my peculiar powers, is
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>>>     (f)  501-371-7614
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>>
>> Mike McCallister, Ph.D.
>> Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
>> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
>> 2801 South University
>> Little Rock, AR  72204-1099
>>
>> (o) 501-569-8474                     The work itself, the pleasure of
>> finding a field
>> (c) 501-590-5609                      for my peculiar powers, is my
>> highest reward.
>> (f)  501-371-7614                                       Sherlock
>> Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's /The Sign of Fou//r
>> / http://www.ualr.edu/orsp/
>>
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Andrew M. Parkerson-Gray, CRA
Senior Pre-Award Administrator
UAF Office of Sponsored Programs
909 N. Koyukuk Drive / P.O. Box 757270
West Ridge Research Building, Suite 212F
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7270

Phone:  (907) 474-1851
Fax:    (907) 474-5444
E-mail: xxxxxx@uaf.edu
Web:    http://www.uaf.edu/osp/
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