The only measure that I have trouble with is any reference to tracking
by faculty rank! Many faculty are active when they first start at an
institution then, as they gain years of service and tenure, tend to drop
off.

We did take a look at faculty submission rates several years ago and
found that some were very active until they were granted tenure and then
disappeared!

While most of the measures that you mention are valid, it all depends on
what your institution values and how they reward certain behaviors. For
example, are there regular post-tenure reviews and what factors make for
a successful review. That may help guide what measures are important.

But you probably already knew that!

Cheers.

Larry

On 3/8/2018 10:44 AM, Jennifer Shambrook wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> Here at UCF we are looking at different ways we could calculate success
> rates:
>
> 1.Number of proposals out the door vs. number of awards in the door in a
> given institutional fiscal year
>
> 2.Track an individual proposal by the submitted date to calculate it’s
> success when a decision is made (assume unfunded at 18 months)
>
> 3.Track by funding agency (NIH/NSF) and compare to published national
> averages for that year by Federal fiscal year
>
> 4.Track by faculty member/college/department
>
> 5.Only track peer reviewed proposals, excluding industry contracts
>
> 6.Track everything as a competitive award whether it was peer reviewed,
> investigator initiated, or an “other sponsored service” agreement
>
> I would love to hear what you are doing and how you make your calculations.
>
> I am open to hearing all possible scenarios and especially, what
> questions are you attempting to answer with your metrics?
>
> ·How do we fare year-to-year?
>
> ·How do we compare to national norms by agency?
>
> ·What is the average hit rate by academic rank?
>
> Also… do you do anything related to dollars per square foot for space
> allocation?
>
> Thanks for any and all responses.  I look forward to your feedback!
>
> -Jennifer
>
> *Jennifer Shambrook, Ph.D.*
>
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>
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