Goal II: Expand Funded Research
Last Update: 04/14/2005
OBJECTIVE | STRATEGIES | ACTION ITEM(S) | RESPONSIBILITY | RESOURCES | SCHEDULE | ATTAINMENT MEASURE | STANDARD | STATUS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Integration of Grant-Writing and Grant Awards into the Merit Evaluation System (P2, O1) | Revise College Merit Review System that Rewards Grant-Writing (P2, O1) | Appoint Merit Review Committee | Dean/ Merit Review Committee | Faculty time | Fall 2004 | Final Committee Report | Committee Minutes on Progress of Merit Revision | Revised | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adopt College Merit Review that Rewards Grant-Writing (P2, O1) | Vote on New Merit Review Guidelines | Dean/ Merit Review Committee | Faculty time | Spring 2005 | College wide Vote on Revision | Adoption by College | Adopted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Develop Support for Grant Writing Opportunities (P2, O2, O3, O4) | Develop in-College Information System (P2, O2, O3, O4) | Develop Access-based Information System | Dr. Haynes | Release Time and Administrative Funds | Complete plans by Spring 2005 | Completion of Plans | Plans Completed by Spring 2005 | In Progress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquire databases such as CRSP, Compustat, CPI, etc to support faculty research needs | Dean & Associate Dean | Administrative Funds | Fall 2004 | Acquisition and maintenance of current databases | Databases acquired | Most needed databases acquired and training provided to interested faculty & PhD students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Develop Process for Identifying Grant Opportunities (P2, O2, O4) | Assign Task to designated faculty or research assistant (P2, O2) | Allocate designated faculty or research assistant time | Dean | Administrative Funds | Spring 2005 | Task Assigned | Process in Place | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Encourage interdisciplinary research w/ Centers & Institutes across campus (P2, O8, O9, O10, O11) | Provide release time for professors working on projects in Centers & Institutes (P2, O9, O10, O11) | Screen RFPs to highlight those with interdisciplinary capabilities | Relevant Department Chair & Dean w/ faculty members | Faculty release time and Administrator time | As RFPs are announced and as proposals are submitted and approved | Number of releases per semester granted to faculty for interdisciplinary projects | At least one per year | One faculty member has a release in Spring 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty participation in entrepreneurship grant activities (ST P2, O10, O11; LT P3, O1, O2) | Recruit new faculty in entrepreneurship | Dean & relevant Department Chairs; Director of CEDARS | Administrative Funds and allocation of new faculty line | 2005-2006 | Faculty hired | One new faculty member hired by Fall 2006 | Requisition is being prepared |