September 17, 2008
Meeting Summary
Council Agenda
Dr. Klinzing discussed the URC’s annual agenda.
The Council will continue to sponsor the Multidisciplinary Small Grant
Program, the Central Research Development Fund, and the Federal Agencies
Trip. The Council should determine
whether faculty can benefit from research-related training programs (e.g.,
proposal-writing workshops) and whether industry’s research and development
strategies can be applied at the University.
Individuals from research-related administrative units will continue to
speak at Council meetings. The Provost
will deliver the URC’s charge at the Council’s next
meeting.
Report from the Office of Research
Allen DiPalma, Director of the
Office of Research, discussed the University’s electronic grants management
program. His office is implementing the
program’s proposal development module. This
module will enable investigators to route a proposal through the internal
signature process and permit researchers to submit the proposal electronically
to the sponsoring agency.
The Office of Research continues
to sponsor the Research Administrators’ forum.
Mr. DiPalma uses these meetings to inform departmental research staff
about an array of research-related issues.
Upcoming forums will address InfoEd, the
software that supports the aforementioned grants management program, and
material transfer agreements (MTAs).
Mr. DiPalma also discussed:
Miscellaneous
Council members also discussed: