We are in the middle of an intramural competition and a controversy
has erupted over who qualifies for the competition.  Two of the
applicants have titles of instructor as opposed to assistant or
associate professor.  They are essentially post docs with access to
lab space.  Some of the faculty here (ie. Asst. & Assoc. Professors)
feel that it is wrong to allow them to compete.  My question to the
group is how many of you have internal competitions and at what level
or title are the applicants allowed to compete.  At issue is not the
caliber of the science, since both the instructor-level applicants
have submitted very strong projects.

We would greatly appreciate hearing some of your ideas for a fair
competition.  Thank you.

Kevin R.Cummings
Director of Research Information and Devel.
Office of Research Administration
New York Medical College
(914) 993-4480  xxxxxx@nymc.edu