I recently came across this listserver and I must say the information and discussions have been very informative.  I manage a research laboratory so it is helpful for me to hear the perspective of what goes on "across the street".  One suggestion would be to use the lull period to contact lab managers or supervisors to get a sense of what is upcoming. However, after reading your discussion I plan to send out a note to my grant administrator today letting them know our plans for the upcoming June/July deadlines.  I would like to place an order for that CD as well...prior to the PI's knocking on your doors they are at my door, at the next-to-last minute, wanting my help writing the proposal!

Mark Zobitz
Laboratory Supervisor
Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN  55905

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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of Susan Burke
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:29 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Change in Business Practices To Accommodate Grants.gov

Well, I've been there (the small institution grants person), and Landy is correct about how easy it is to integrate with faculty.  One can even establish rapport with a number of faculty at a large institution (I have one department that usually asks me how high? when I tell them to jump), but one is more likely to run into the prima donnas and the absolute rotters.  So, even at the risk of incurring Spanky's wrath, I'll be first in line for Charlie's CD!
Susan

Johnson, Landy (Director of Grant Development) wrote:
> Here's where a small shop has its advantages.  I tell faculty that if
> they bring me into the loop on a grant application several weeks in
> advance, I'll rearrange my life as needed to stay as late as necessary
> the day their proposal is submitted.  (And then I'll leave really
> early the next day, which I can probably do because at our institution
> submissions come in spurts with a nice lull in between.)
>
> In my one year at this job, I've only had two occasions of faculty
> bringing me into a proposal process at the last minute, and both were
> sub-awards where they didn't realize that someone "official" from our
> college actually had to provide information to the primary institution.
> In both cases, the work needed at my end was minimal, and the folks at
> the primary institution were the ones stuck with the actual submission.
>
> It's not that people are necessarily wonderful about coming to me
> early in the process.  I make a practice of hanging out at faculty
> meetings and lectures and have even shown up in a class to hear a guest speaker.
> It's often at these sorts of occasions that a professor suddenly
> announces "I should probably be talking to you, because I'm in the
> process of writing a proposal for a grant."
>
> I know I'm going to have some crazy days at the office, but the
> ability to forecast those days and plan for them is something that
> makes this job a pleasure.  Those whose grant volume is higher
> probably don't have this luxury.  We receive about $3 million per year.
>
> Landy
>
> __________________________
> Landy C. Johnson, MPA, Ph.D.
> Director of Grant Development
> Assumption College, Alumni Hall 024
> 500 Salisbury St.
> Worcester, MA  01609-1296
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>
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