We publish a monthly newsletter that is applicable to post-award
administration rather than funding opportunities.  However it may give
you some ideas on what can be done.  We also send it out in hard copy
and it is on our web site
(http://www.avpc.buffalo.edu/sps/publications.html)

Betty Kopra
Sponsored Programs Services
State University of New York at Buffalo
(716)645-3974 (voice)
(716)645-3976 (fax)
xxxxxx@avpc.buffalo.edu
www.avpc.buffalo.edu/sps

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Campbell [SMTP:xxxxxx@UWRF.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 4:48 PM
> To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject:      Monthly research newsletters -Reply -Reply
>
> Mary, we publish a monthly newsletter in both paper and electrons.
> The
> electronic versions (at http://www.uwrf.edu/grants/newslet.htm; check
> them out)
> have all the text but not the cartoon.  That's a serous omission--when
> we do
> evaluations of the newsletter, the cartoon is the item most folks
> mention
> first.  Next come the grants awarded and proposals submitted sections,
> then the
> grant opportunities.
>
> This may be the last year of the paper version.  We've never gotten a
> great
> deal of response from it (i.e., calls for more information about
> specific
> opportunities), this year responses have fallen off dramatically.  We
> don't
> know if it's because it's accessible on the web with hot links to
> funding
> sources, or because our faculty are so sophisticated and knowledgeable
> that
> they don't need it anymore, or because we've simply saturated our
> market.  We
> still send targeted notices to individuals and (occasionally) an email
> announcement to everyone, perhaps they're meeting most of the need.
>
> But, I confess, I'm reluctant to give it up.  I've always argued that
> the
> primary purpose of regular newsletters is to continually remind folks
> that
> there are grants available out there and there is a grants office on
> campus
> which can help them with proposals.   Notices of opportunities, news,
> etc., are
> all secondary.  I don't know of a way to meet those primary purposes
> as well
> with electronic versions.
>
> In any case, we're looking for other ways to distribute information,
> so I'll be
> curious about your results also.
>
> Regards, Bill Campbell
> Director, Grants & Research
> University of Wisconsin-River Falls