thanks very much for this summary....it's always useful to have such data.
susan

Judy Wilks wrote:

> >Thank you for your responses regarding incentives for grant active faculty,
> >including the return of some portion of the F & A (indirect costs) to
> >faculty,  departments or colleges.  We received approximately 15 responses
> >to the survey, most from public institutions.
> >
> >In the case of the public institution respondents, all returned some
> >portion of indirect cost revenue either to the school or department and, in
> >fewer cases, to the faculty.
> >- Approximately 20% of the publics returned indirect costs to the faculty.
> >-20% returned indirect costs to the departments.
> >-All returned some indirects to the school or college (average percentage
> >of return - 25%).
> >
> >With respect to salary relief, several respondents indicated that a portion
> >of the salary relief is returned to the department, while three indicated
> >the Dean retains any residual salary relief after paying for adjuncts.
> >
> >There were interesting responses regarding other faculty incentives.  The
> >most common incentives are seed grants, cost-sharing funds, and travel
> >money.  One private institution abandoned seed research grants several
> >years ago because the amounts were too small to be useful and there was no
> >increase in proposals submitted as a result of the seed grants.  One public
> >institution set up a research initiative fund wherein a portion of F&A
> >(indirect costs) can be used for expenses that cannot normally be charged
> >to grants and contracts.  This money is distributed by the chair.  One
> >respondent had included an extensive list of incentives with the caveat
> >they have been tried with varying degrees of success:
> >
> >1. Establishing faculty endowments
> >2. Providing seed monies for new research ideas that hold promise
> >3. Subsidizing central research facilities.
> >4. Providing central funding for graduate research assistants support.
> >5. Providing equipment cost-sharing funds.
> >6. Providing adequate release time to write proposals.
> >7. Providing funds for interdisciplinary research collaborations.
> >8. Modernizing facilities as needed to promote effective use of research
> space.
> >
> >Thank you again for your responses.
> >
> >
> >Carla Fishman, Exec. Dir.
> >Office of Research & Technology Development
> >SL13, Tulane University Medical Center
> >1430 Tulane Avenue
> >New Orleans, LA. 70118
> >504-584-3694 phone
> >504-584-2473 fax
> >
> >
> >
> >
> *******************************************************
> Judy Wilks
> Tulane University
> Office of Research
> (504) 865-5272
> fax (504) 862-8674
>
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