Re: Faculty Mentoring Program - Research and Proposal Development Elsa Nadler 10 Oct 2006 09:10 EST

Folks,
Every individual and every university is different. Before going all
out and instituting a mentoring program of the type you are talking
about here, it might be a good idea to poll faculty and find out what
they want, what they are willing to do to support a mentoring
program...in short, what they think about it. I suspect that most will
want administrative help in getting the forms and details taken care of
for them so that they can spend their time on perfecting the project
description and pieces thath only they can do.

My advice to researchers writing proposals is very basic:
 **first, start early (in fact, start far enough ahead of the
sponsor deadline so that you can put the text down for a week or two and
then come back to it for editing);
 **second, ask colleagues for comment and critique (and the
colleagues do NOT have to be at the "home" university);
 **third, come to me for help with budgets, forms, etc.

my two cents worth,
 Elsa

Elsa G. Nadler, EdD
Grants Manager
Department of Community Medicine
1 Medical Center Drive
PO Box 9190
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-9190

Tel: 304/293-3546
Fax: 304/293-6685

>>> "Baumann, John" <xxxxxx@UMKC.EDU> 10/9/2006 10:00 PM >>>
I think such mentoring programs are a good idea. I further think that
the success of such a program is dependent upon:

*        Selection of "mentees" including, perhaps, a strict
competitive
process for entering.

*        Selection of mentors

*        Matching of mentees and mentors

*        The active participation, at the very least of the
appropriate
Dean, Dept. Chair, etc.  Research offices can offer such services, but
in my experience it really takes the teeth of the academic heads to
make
it successful in the long run.

John

John R. Baumann, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Research

Director, Office of Research Services

5100 Rockhill Road  (US Postal Service)

5211 Rockhill Road (Courier Service)

Kansas City, MO 64110

xxxxxx@umkc.edu

816.235.1303 (v)

816.235.6532 (f)

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Reynolds, Craig A.
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:37 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Faculty Mentoring Program - Research and
Proposal Development

Yes, Central Michigan University had such a program but we
discontinued
it a few years ago.  It's probably still a good idea, but there's only
so much time in the day...

Craig

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From: Research Administration List on behalf of Bonnie Kwit

Sent: Mon 10/9/2006 12:11 PM

To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org

Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Faculty Mentoring Program - Research and
Proposal Development

We are just starting to do the same thing.  I think Central Michigan
University has such a program and is successful.  Am I right CMU?

Bonnie Kwit

Grants & Contracts Officer

Oakland University

544 O'Dowd Hall

(248) 370-4116

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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Anita Randle

Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:04 PM

To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org

Subject: [RESADM-L] Faculty Mentoring Program - Research and Proposal
Development

We are thinking about embarking on a new program for working with the
faculty on research and proposal development.  The idea is to seek
faculty members who have successful track records of obtaining
competitive funding to serve as mentors for younger faculty.  These
mentors would be called "Senior Research Fellows," and would sign on
for
a 2-year rotation.  Their duties would be to proactively work with
faculty members to develop their research ideas, put them to paper,
and
submit them to competitive programs.  We would like to know if anyone
does something similar, and how much success you've had with it.

Thank you.

Robin C. Buchannon, Ph.D., CRA

Director, Sponsored Programs Administration

Research Assistant Professor, Geology

Office of Research & Sponsored Programs

125 Old Chemistry Building

University, MS  38677

phone:  662-915-7482

fax:  662-915-7577

email:  xxxxxx@olemiss.edu

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