Re: Wasn't that fun! Andrea Rusin 28 Apr 2009 08:14 EST
I (and a colleague, who reads this list so she needs to get public credit!) were working together to get a Challenge grant in at 2:30-ish yesterday. It was so very NOT fun. So... we did it. But I also started leaving increasingly worried e-mails in the PIs inbox, starting last Monday, that I needed everything immediately or I couldn't guarantee that her application would get through grants.gov. By yesterday morning, I was CC-ing her Chair. At first, I wanted to give her all the gentle support she needed to get this application right. By the end, I just wanted it to be in writing that we were trying, and that if it didn't go through it wasn't our fault. I'm not sure that this kind of hand-holding is supposed to be so much of my job. It sounds awfully like "If you don't get up RIGHT THIS MINUTE you're going to miss the bus" doesn't it? We've decided to err on the side of creating a culture where research and external sponsorship are the norm. To get from here (in my departments external funding is the exception rather than the rule) to there (where I can rely on "my" faculty to understand the game), I do a lot of hand-holding. Andrea >>> "Brown, Leesa" <xxxxxx@SEATTLEU.EDU> 4/27/2009 4:21 PM >>> 2:17 pm in Seattle and I still don't have things like the research design methods. This is despite setting deadlines to get it submitted. If there are any technical errors, it will be too late to start a new package and submit it before 5 pm. My PI isn't getting me everything until 2:45 - or so he says. Good thing I only have one Challenge application. That doesn't include the last minute subcontract on another Challenge grant that came up at 10:00 this morning. We won't talk about that problem right now. J I am hoping that all the early submissions will mean that g.g will be wide open for us slackers! Leesa Brown Sponsored Research Officer Seattle University 901 12th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 296-6161 http://www.seattleu.edu/academics/grants <http://www.seattleu.edu/academics/grants> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Marta Torruella Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 2:13 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: [RESADM-L] Wasn't that fun! Can't wait to do it again Ugh! Best of luck everyone on the west coast! Marta I. Torruella, CRA Associate Director Sponsored Research and Program Development The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue, Box 82 New York, NY 10065 (Founders Hall, Room 301) Tel: 212-327-8175; Fax: 212-327-8400 xxxxxx@rockefeller.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================