The UCONN Health Center initiated this sort of incentive program a
couple of years ago.  While we have not conducted a conclusive analysis
of its impact, my empirical observation is that it has not achieved the
goal of increasing the number of grant applications prepared and
submitted.

Leonard P. Paplauskas
Associate Vice President for Research Administration
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT   06030-1920
860.679.3173 (voice)
860.679.1371 (fax)
xxxxxx@adp.uchc.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
Behalf Of Charlie Hathaway
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:33 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Faculty Incentives

This question appears regularly.  And I seem to remember Chuck Chermside
reminding everyone that recovered F&A is really just university funds
that can be used in anyway the university chooses.  So, regardless of
the formulas used, isn't the concept of handing indirect cost dollars
over to
PIs problematic?   Admittedly, I am only slightly more knowledgeable
about
matters of finance than my 8 year old who thinks that the dollar
molecules he deposits in the bank will be the same molecules he
withdraws, but are we sending the wrong message to PIs and the public
when we talk about using indirects as incentive money?

Charlie

> The University at Albany SUNY has proposed to return some of the F&A
> recovery back to PI's as a way to incentivize them to apply for
> Federal awards. One proposed strategy that is being explored is having

> a sliding scale based on the F&A amount requested by the PI. For
> example, those PI's who apply to Federal agencies using our Federal
> negotiated rate would receive a higher return than PI's who apply to
> foundations or other agencies that only return a fraction of the
> Federal F&A rate. We would be interested in identifying any
> institution that has used such a scheme and to learn whether it has
> been successful in increasing the number of Federal applications.
>
>
> Robert Webster, Ph.D.
> Associate VP for Research
> The Research Foundation of State University of New York University at
> Albany 1400 Washington Avenue, MSC 312
> Albany, New York 12222
> Phone: 518-437-4550
> Fax: 518-437-4560
> email: xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu
>
>
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