faculty incentives for grant writing Donna Berger (30 Sep 2010 13:19 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Dawn Underwood (30 Sep 2010 13:28 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing McCallister, Mike (30 Sep 2010 13:34 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing George E. Capowich (30 Sep 2010 13:59 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Gwendolyn Gennaro (30 Sep 2010 14:10 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Charlie Hathaway (30 Sep 2010 14:20 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Gwendolyn Gennaro (30 Sep 2010 17:17 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Barbara H. Gray (30 Sep 2010 14:30 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Candyce Lindsay (30 Sep 2010 13:53 EST)
Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Ken Clark (30 Sep 2010 18:00 EST)

Re: faculty incentives for grant writing Charlie Hathaway 30 Sep 2010 14:20 EST

What does "worked well" mean?  Have people received grants?

CH

> We hold a summer grant writing workshop.  Participants who attend all
> sessions (4) and submit a proposal within the following AY year receive a
> small stipend.  It has worked well.
>
> -gwen
>
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> McCallister, Mike
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> 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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