Re: Response to list serve regarding faculty incentives Susan Burke 17 May 1999 07:15 EST
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 > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== -- Susan Burke Sponsored Programs Specialist School of Engineering and Applied Science The George Washington University 725 23rd Street NW, Suite 109 Washington, DC 20052 Telephone: 202/994-1805 Fax: 202/994-6669 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================