Many of us spend a lot of time generating grant information bulletins
and electronic bulletin boards for our faculty "clients."

Given the amount of effort and money spent on this activity, I wonder
whether anybody has ever conducted a cost/benefit analysis to see
whether the return (as measured in grants won) justifies the investment.

I am thinking in particular about effort and $ spent going after information
about the relatively small foundations and agencies, not the large
disease-specific associations (Heart, Lung, Cancer, Arthritis) that most
faculty already know about.

Regards

Bob Bienkowski
xxxxxx@qcvaxa.acc.qc.edu