Dear Lauriston,
I am very interested in receiving a copy of the two surveys you have
designed to assess the research environment at your institution.
Thank you very much for this kind offer.

Marguerite R. McLellan
Office of Sponsored Projects
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA  02125
xxxxxx@umbsky.cc.umb.edu

>We have just completed two surveys designed to assess the research
>environment at The University of Southern Mississippi.  The first was
>conducted under the auspices of the Mississippi Research Consortium as an
>EPSCOR project designed to look at changes in faculty perceptions of the
>research environment at USM, University of Mississippi, Jackson State, and
>Mississippi State.  The second was conducted at USM by an ad hoc joint
>committee of the Faculty Senate and the University Research Council.
>
>We would be pleased to share copies of either or both of these
>questionnaires with the community.  Just drop us a note.
>
>Lauriston King, Director
>Research and Sponsored Programs
>Box 5157
>The University of Southern Mississippi
>Hattiesburg, MS 39406
>Phone: (601)266-4119
>Fax: (601) 266-4312
>EMail: xxxxxx@ocean.st.usm.edu
>
>At 02:15 PM 7/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>We are planning to conduct a survey of faculty and other researchers at
>>our institution to identify what barriers they believe exist to performing
>>research on our campus, including those encountered during the process
>>of obtaining funding.  Has anyone out there performed such a survey,
>>and if so, what were your experiences?
>>
>>
>>Sally Eckert-Tilotta, Asistant Director
>>Office of Research and Program Development
>>University of North Dakota
>>Grand Forks, ND
>>
>>