The College of Charleston has approx. 10,000 undergrad students, 1,500
graduate students, and 360 roster faculty.  Last year, we received $2.44
million in new grants and contracts, a 79% increase over the previous
year.  In the first quarter of the current year, we are already at 55% of
last year's level.  My office has two positions--mine (director) and a
secretary.  We are absolutely overwhelmed!  I am conducting a quick and
dirty survey in hopes of amassing some data to support my desperate plea to
the higher administration for a new, fairly high-level grants administrator
position.

 If your institution is in the $1.0 to $5.0 million range, would you
please send me some information about your staffing pattern in your
sponsored programs office?  Specifically, I would like:

 Name of Institution

 Number of Undergraduate Students

 Number of Graduate Students

 Number of Roster Faculty

 Dollar volume of sponsored programs last fiscal year

 Types of sponsored programs positions (including grad and undergrad
 students)

 Number of persons in each type of position (FTEs would be great)

 A ballpark salary for each position (a $5,000 incremental range is
 okay)

 Any significant differences in the services your office provides from
 the listing below (which happens to be my list of responsibilities).

Services offered by the College of Charleston Sponsored Programs
Office include:

 . Full pre-award assistance including helping PIs conceptualize and
plan projects; sponsor identification through newsletters, SPIN,
directories, and other sources; bi-monthly newsletter production;
assistance in developing proposals and budgets; and proposal review and
approval

 . Post-award administration, including award acceptance; account
authorization; issuance of all subcontracts; limited assistance in project
implementation; and trouble-shooting (but excluding financial accounting,
billing, and reporting, which is handled by the controller's office)

 . Providing training on an as-needed basis to faculty, department
chairs, and deans in grantsmanship and grant administration

 . Development and implementation of all policies and procedures
for grants administration at the institution

 . Maintenance of grant tracking information systems and
production of annual reports and special reports as requested by
department chairs, deans, and administration

 . Staffing of IRB and IACUC

 . Ensuring compliance with other regulations, including Conflict of
Interest, Misconduct, and Retention and Access to Data

Any help will be greatly appreciated!  You may respond directly to me if
you wish at xxxxxx@cofc.edu.  I will summarize results in a couple of weeks
and post to the list.

P.S.  If I'm reinventing the wheel, please let me know by telling me who
already has this kind of information.

Barbara H. Gray                                  xxxxxx@cofc.edu
Director of Sponsored Programs                   Phone: (803) 953-5673
University of Charleston, SC                     FAX:   (803) 953-1434
66 George Street
Charleston, SC  29424-0001