Below is a list of "competencies" that I use when training researchers and
faculty on proposal prep and project administration.  The point is if one
can do "A", then onecan learn to do "B." My goal is to demsytify the
proposal process in paricular.  This isn't rocket science after all (unless
you are a rocket scientist, of course). I presented this at the recent NCURA
meeting and was asked to share.  This list is the easiest and quickest way
and you do, after all, have a delete key.

If these strike your fancy and you think of others, please share.  Also, if
you use these with your research staff, I'd appreciate knowing which work
and such.

Thanks

Spanky

Spanky's Comparative Competencies  (If you can___, then you can learn to ___)

Planned a menu & shopped at the grocery. .. . . . Decide on project needs &
budget

Estimated the Cost of a Large Expenditure . . . . . Plan a Budget

Tried to Impress a Potential Date . . . .. . . . . . .Talk to a Sponsor

Read a Rental Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Read a Project
Contract

Defended a Thesis . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Defend a Proposal

Written a Speech . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plan a Narrative

Had a Savings Account .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Work Toward a Goal

Balanced Your Checkbook. .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Monitor project budget

Written a paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepare a
Narrative

Done a Library Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do a Funding Search

Planned a Vacation . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Make a Timeline

Asked Dad for $ . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . Ask an Uncle (Sam)
for $

Had your in-laws drop in unannounced . . . Survive a NIH site visit

Supervised an Elementary School Field Trip. . . . . Work with Research
Administrators

Mike (Spanky) McCallister, Ph.D.
Director, Sponsored Programs
Southeast Missouri State University
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Sometimes I cry, sometimes I fly like a bird-- Boz Skaggs
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