>I have been requested to provide my institution with information about
>the level of professional staffing and support staff within research administra
>tion offices at academic institutions.  For those willing I would appreciate
>if you would provide the following information:  On an annual basis the
>number of proposals processed, number of awards received, dollar volume,
>number of professional(key) staff and number of support staff.  Thank you in
>advance.
>Marjorie Forster
>Director, Office of Sponsored
>  Programs Administration
>University of Maryland at Baltimore
>xxxxxx@UMAB.bitnet

At Brown University School of Medicine, based on 7/1/92-6/30/93:

number of proposals:  230
number of awards:  148
dollar volume of awards:  $17,094,383
number of open grant accounts:  168

On 6/30/93, our professional staff consisted of:

1 Director
1 Manager, Grants & Contracts Administration (for pre-award)
1 Manager, Grants & Contracts Administration (for post-award)
1 Proposal Coordinator

and our support staff consisted of:

2 Senior Grant Specialists (grant accountants)
0 clerical staff

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Thomas C. Richardson
Acting Director
Bio Med Research Administration
Brown University Box G-A322
Providence, Rhode Island  02912

phone number: (401) 863-1631
fax number: (401) 863-3378
e-mail address: xxxxxx@brown.edu