NIT/CFR minutes 4/4/03
Agenda
1. Research funding appears to be on the decline
2. Marketing money to launch new big ticket projects is available
3. New project ideas and project champions needed
4. Other ideas
1. Research funding appears to be declining: We reviewed several indicators on the health of
the Colleges research funding efforts.
Based on Cost recovery 2002 vs. 2001
CFR -4%
Fisheries: -0.3%
Eng: +1.6%
UW: +12.6%
The substantial effort on curriculum transformation may be contributing to less grant proposal
activity in the college. Research funding is a key measure of the health of the college,
suggesting additional efforts are needed.
(Summaries of the G&C proposals submitted over the last 18 months by faculty member and
total CFR are attached at the end of these minutes.)
2. Marketing money available: The Dean has made $25,000 available to support grant
preparation activities. That which can be used quickly (before July 1) may increase the pot. The
indirect cost recovery money allocated to the divisions could be made available as it is to be used
for the benefit of research. NIT will sponsor a program to assist proposal preparation for large
projects much like the programs sponsored by the INC team in 1999-2000 as they proved to be
very successful. Several large new projects were the result of those prior efforts (Urban Ecology
Initiative, CESU, PFC, RTI, etc).
Objectives/criteria for allocating these marketing funds with the NIT (team) providing oversight:
Interested faculty may send a brief statement requesting support to the NIT. The amounts
can range up to about $6000 for major project initiatives. Requests will be judged on the
basis of:
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Success stories (for the Dean and our survival)
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Big multidisciplinary projects beyond the scope that a single faculty could pull off without forming a team.
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Complementary to CFR strategic goals.
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Big expected payout:
i.e. for $6000 marketing cost and 25% success and a factor of ten return =
$240,000 minimum
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Money can be used for salary buy back, RA substitution or grant writer, collaboration meeting costs etc.
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Travel that will raise money and cannot be funded from other sources might be allowed.
3. Recent project activities and potentials were discussed as a lead in to the need to expand the
list of new project ideas and opportunities.
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PNW Regional Collaboratory with Battelle and 6 other institutions working on NASA remote sensing data
capability enhancement and applications: UW $250,000+ for 2+ years (Fridley, Schreuder, Lippke)
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Curriculum transformation – An Innovative Introduction Core for Natural Resource and “Ecology for Ugs”
(Fridley, Hinckley, Reichard, Ryan
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CMER/WA Forest Practices Board (unsolicited proposals): $200,000 ONRC Effectiveness Monitoring,
$150,000 RTI Economic impacts and alternative management plans
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Next NSI round for National Science Tech Center is coming up. A Center for Transgenic Plants for
Phytoremediation will be proposed again.
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And more -- but even more needed
4. Other ideas:
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The research proposal efforts, especially federally funded research is very uneven across the faculty. We
should develop alternatives for more directly connecting research efforts with merit pay and other
recognition. Expectations for research are accepted by the faculty; consistent accountability for delivery is
needed.
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Major awards should be acknowledged in the straight grain routinely.
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We need a more thematic approach to support big projects, smaller individual requested projects, program
manager contacts etc.
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Faculty should be on the COS system and monitoring new grant awards and staying in communication with
program directors in their respective areas so they can be aware of new grants ahead of announcements.
Email: fundingalert@cos.com if you are not a routine user. Some current RFP's:
Migratory Bird Conservancy (NFWF) June 1.
www.nfwf.org/programs/mbcpage.htm
Biomass-based technologies May 9.
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=77403
Water & Energy: Atmosphere, Vegetative, and Earth Interactions (WEAVE/NSF/GEO) June 1.
www.nsf.gov/geo/egch/gc_weave.html
Geosystems Databases (GEODATA/NSF/GEO) any date.
www.nsf.gov/geo/egch/gc_geodata.html
Ecological Rates of Change (EROC/NSF/BIO July 10.
www.nsf.gov/geo/egch/gc_eroc.html
Economics of Invasive Species Mgt. (PREISM/ERS/USDA) June 2.
www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/invasivespecies/preism.htm
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NIT/Dean might host luncheons to bring together interested parties to discuss the merits of forming
coalitions to go after particular topic areas.
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NIT/Dean might invite in program managers and PIs with experience in dealing with certain program
managers for Q&A sessions, especially if we have ideas we would like to pursue rather than expecting
them to tell us what to do.
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Divisions could help mobilize proposal activities and track progress
Attachments:
PROPOSAL AMOUNTS REQUESTED BY PI
Based on Proposal Acceptance Dates from 7/3/01 thru 12/24/02
PI Last Name
Total Amount
Requested
Number of Proposals
AGEE
$913,233
9 proposals
ALLAN
$117,086
2 proposals
$44,051
1 proposal
BARE
$392,028
1 proposal
BOARDMAN
$269,087
1 proposal
BOLTON
$1,065,713
3 proposals
BRADLEY
$1,048,592
20 proposals
$62,500
5 proposals
BRIGGS
$921,103
30 proposals
BROWN
$5,260
1 proposals
$30,000
1 proposals
CALHOUN
$182,955
4 proposals
CHALKER-SCOTT
$215,679
13 proposals
DUFFIELD
$28,950
2 proposals
EASTIN
$85,354
1 proposal
$733,370
13 proposals
$39,567
4 proposals
$1,223,968
6 proposals
$82,614
2 proposals
GREVSTAD
$298,040
2 proposals
GUSTAFSON
$108,131
3 proposals
HALPERN
$244,689
4 proposals
$24,202
1 proposal
AMUNDSON
BRADSHAW
BRUBAKER
EDMONDS
EWING
FRANKLIN
GARA
HANLEY
3
HARRISON
$50,000
2 proposals
$167,700
3 proposals
HICKLEY
$24,000
1 proposal
HODGSON
$47,896
1 proposal
JACOBS-YOUNG
$82,471
1 proposal
JOHNSON
$50,748
1 proposal
LEE
$16,829
2 proposals
$1,712,527
10 proposals
MANUWAL
$28,547
2 proposals
MARRA
$66,400
1 proposal
MARTIN
$45,052
1 proposal
MARZLUFF
$60,890
2 proposals
MCCARTER
$105,406
1 proposal
MCKEAN
$96,520
2 proposals
NICOL
$20,000
1 proposal
PAUN
$59,561
1 proposal
$184,500
2 proposals
RAEDEKE
$39,502
1 proposal
REICHARD
$112,214
4 proposals
RYAN
$211,727
3 proposals
$43,959
1 proposal
$189,534
1 proposal
SHAW
$23,082
1 proposal
STEIN
$30,000
1 proposal
$124,964
1 proposal
$1,010,233
6 proposals
$116,359
2 proposals
$85,705
1 proposal
$5,000
1 proposal
$100,752
5 proposals
HENRY
LIPPKE
PEREZ-GARCIA
SCHIESS
SCHREUDER
STENSEL
STRAND
TURNBLOM
VOGT
WECKER
WEST
4
WOLF
$163,584
3 proposals
WOTT
$169,110
4 proposals
ZABOWSKI
$150,347
2 proposals
cfr.washington.edu
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