By creating a "Center" of this type, you de-value any "real" centers
you have, now or in the future. You teach faculty the designation of
"Center" is meaningless, doubtless crimping the morale of those who
actually have or will earn the distinction.

A funding source/reviewer is going to look at the vita of your
"Center's" Director, and come to the appropriate conclusion when they
see little/no funding. Same thing if one of them gets curious and
looks on the web or "asks around."

I could go on, but that ought to convince you: a BAD idea, all around.

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Theresa Defino <xxxxxx@aol.com> wrote:
> Have you considered the implications should a reporter uncover this and
> write about it? I think it would prove quite embarrassing. Also think of the
> OIGs in this world...
>
> Kind regards,
> Theresa Defino
> Editor
> Report on Research Compliance
> xxxxxx@aol.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alvarez, Michelle E <xxxxxx@MNSU.EDU>
> To: RESADM-L <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 6:15 am
> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] A Center in Name only
>
> It was presented as an incentive for faculty to seek funding. I thought it
> sounded like a good idea but wondered if other universities had tried it or
> had
> success with the idea.
> Michelle
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Research Administration List [xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] on
> behalf
> of Charles Hathaway [xxxxxx@EINSTEIN.YU.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:53 PM
> To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] A Center in Name only
>
> If 3000 of us now know this ploy, chances are that funding agencies and
> their
> reviewers will not fall for it.
>
> CH
> ________________________________________
> From: Research Administration List [xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] on
> behalf
> of Alvarez, Michelle E [xxxxxx@MNSU.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:09 PM
> To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
> Subject: [RESADM-L] A Center in Name only
>
> I heard an idea at a recent conference that I wanted to see if I could get
> feedback on related to the development of Centers (e.g., Center for Rural
> Social
> Work). The idea was that faculty interested in starting a Center could
> request
> to do so without any monetary commitment from the university. So if I wanted
> to
> start a Center I could fill out a request to my university and they would
> grant
> permission for me to use the name Center for Rural Social Work but not
> promise
> me any funding. The idea is that this would put me, a faculty member, in a
> better position to apply for funding to support the Center because I have
> the
> name already attached to it. Then even if the Center fails, the university
> has
> not lost any funds and if it succeeds then I could apply for both internal
> and
> external funding. What do you think of this idea?
>
> Michelle Alvarez, MSW, EdD, LICSW, C-SSWS
> Minnesota State University, Mankato
> Interim Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP)
> 325 Wigley Administration Center
> Mankato, MN 56001
> Phone (507)389-6652
> Fax (507)389-5459
>
> President, School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)
> Editor in Chief, Children & Schools
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>
> The mission of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) is to
> promote learning through encouraging and assisting faculty and staff in
> their
> pursuit of external funding for research, scholarship, service and creative
> endeavors.
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