Re:  Strategic Plans

 My department is as concerned with institutional advancement as it is
 with investigator development; one cannot exist without the other in
 this current environment.  The Development Office and we work together
 on applications to philanthropic sources and some of the restricted
 private foundations.  The relationship has been successful and
 appreciated by the investigators.  In this competitive environment of
 shrinking resources, I believe that more integration is needed to
 strengthen our approaches to desperately required funding.  Win-Win is
 working together; just define your roles and responsibilities upfront.
 I do recognize that our institution may be fortunate, but both
 partners have been careful to be appreciative of keeping each other
 informed.  I meet with the Development Committee and speak at some of
 its events, and the Development Director sits on 2 of the research
 committees.  I wish you well in finding some of that harmony ---these
 days, finding it anywhere is to be cherished.

       Diane Gilbert, CRA
       Director, Research and Training Development
       Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston
       xxxxxx@a1.mgh.harvard.edu