We too stay away from course releases and stipends for some of the same
reasons---double payment and the need to minimize releases.  We have had
some success by working with the Deans to have proposal writing
considered in performance reviews---submissions have increased each of
the last two years when we started working with the Deans.

George E. Capowich, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Research
Marquette Hall 301
Office of Academic Affairs
Loyola University New Orleans
6363 St. Charles Avenue
Campus Box 091
New Orleans. LA 70118
TEL:  504-865-3126
FAX:  504-865-3851

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of McCallister, Mike
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:35 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] faculty incentives for grant writing

I've never liked this  kind of program, although some of my colleagues
will
disagree.  The biggest problem is you are, in effect, paying them to
turn
out a proposal that you can't evaluate.  They might try hard, put out a
good
proposal and get funded, or they might, and most often, wait until th
elast
minute, turn in crap, and get paid anyway.  Have someone do this
enouigh, it
guts what on the surface looks like a good idea.

Writing proposals and doing research is the job of a faculty memeber.
Creating the knowledge they teach is part of being a member of a
discipline.
Doing this you are paying them twice and likely getting garbage anyway.
It's a bad idea.

spanky

On 9/30/10 2:19 PM, "Donna Berger" <xxxxxx@MARIST.EDU> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am working on an incentive program for faculty to develop grant
> proposals. We are thinking of offering a course release for up to 6
faculty
> members per year (one from each of our schools) in order for them to
> prepare  grant proposals.  Our intent is to stimulate greater interest
in
> proposal writing among faculty who have not been active and/or
encourage
> collaborative, interdisciplinary proposals.  Our initial thoughts are
to
> announce the program and have faculty submit their proposal concepts
to a
> panel of reviewers who would select those that are most likely to be
> competitive. Faculty who are selected would then be given release time
(or
> possibly a stipend) to develop the proposal. Does anyone offer a
program
> similar to this and could you share your ideas with me. Any input
would be
> most appreciated. Thank you!
>
> Donna Berger, Ph.D.
> Coordinator, Academic Grants
> Marist College
> Phone: 845-575-3670
>
>
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