I would appreciate this information as well.  We are always trying to
come with different ways to report on and recognize our PI's.  This
would be a great addition!

Tracy

Tracy Eisenhower, M.A., CRA
IUP Research Institute

1179 Grant St.
Indiana, PA  15701
724-357-1915 (Office)

On 8/10/2012 1:55 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:
> That's a GREAT idea Rochelle!   What kinds of factors are you thinking
> might go into it?  I'd think number of documents, number of special
> reviews, size of the budget, number of sub recipients, reporting
> requirements (federal, state, etc.), number of personnel might be some
> good ones to start with.
>
> -Chris
>
> On 8/10/2012 12:37 PM, Athey, Rochelle R [VPRED] wrote:
>> We're trying to come up with a measure of complexity.  I have a draft
>> document that splits up our award types into complexity groups from 1
>> the least complex to  5 most complex.  Let me know if you want a
>> copy.  I want to add the 1-5 complexity rating to our award database
>> and run reports from time to time on complex awards.  It's a very
>> vague measure but it's better than what we have now (nothing).
>>
>> Rochelle R. Athey, CRA
>> Director
>> Office of Sponsored Programs Administration
>> Iowa State University
>> 1138 Pearson Hall
>> Ames Iowa 50011-2207
>> Phone:  515-294-7723
>> Fax:  515-294-8000
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Waxler
>> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:13 AM
>> To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
>> Subject: [RESADM-L] Sponsored Programs Performance Metrics
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Like all of you, our lives have become much more complex over the
>> past few years, a trend that I do not see easing up.
>>
>> Looking back even five years, we didn’t have ARRA reporting, FFATA
>> reporting, increased FCOI requirements, RCR was a smaller issue, and
>> g.g was just cranking up, etc, etc., etc.
>>
>> I even remember when summer was catch-up time!
>>
>> However, when measuring what we do, we still rely heavily on how many
>> proposals we process and how many awards we receive as the primary
>> means of determining effectiveness and efficiency despite the fact
>> that these measures do not capture life as we know it today.
>>
>> So…….does anyone out in grantland have any insight or perspective on
>> how to convey that by way of performance metrics?
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>>
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