Off the cuff: ask them to mentor new faculty.  That's a positive step that
may rekindle some interest.  The engineering college uses the number of
proposals and grants as a basis for determining salary increases.  That
seems to work.

Ruth Tallman

-----Original Message-----
From:   Deborah Gentry [SMTP:xxxxxx@ILSTU.EDU]
Sent:   Tuesday, August 24, 1999 4:32 PM
To:     xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject:        inspiring mid-career researchers

Perhaps my observations of some mid-career faculty researchers at my
institution are not unusual.  What I have noticed is that the research
activity of some associate and full professors has dropped off.  Such
faculty appear to be in a major lull regarding their research agenda and
pursuits.

I have been charged with designing a program, for lack of a better word,
that would address this situation.  Thus, I am turning to others on this
list for ideas.  What means have you used at your institutions to
re-invigorate, re-inspire, or newly motivate faculty whose interest in and
commitment to conducting research has faded?

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