Faculty Association
 
2011-2012

Minutes of Meeting
RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Friday, December 2, 2011@3:00 p.m.
EDSE Conference Room
COEHS, Bldg 57, Rm 3510
Call To Order:
Caroline Guardino, 3:03 p.m.
   
Members Present:
Chris Baynard, James Churilla, Caroline Guardino, Barbara Olinzock, Suzanne Simon, and Stephanie Weiss
   
Members Absent:
Sherif Elfayoumy
   
 
I.
Approval of Minutes:   Approved previously via email.
 
II.
Introductory Remarks/Old Business
 
  • Thank you
  • 51 applications in total
  • Look at the results
  • Look at the history and discuss
  • What is our cut-off point?  4.39 funds 24 of 51
III.
New Business/Agenda Items/Information Reports
 
  • Committee work taken seriously
    • - James Churilla motions to remove Sherif from committee, seconded by Suzanne Simon. Committee vote: yes. Caroline will contact Cindy Chin to notify her of the committee decision and request a new member from CCEC.
  • Need to think about review process within or stay with existing process?
    • - Keep the reviews in house? Each of the members would review a greater number of proposals. Then all reviews would be more personal and could be discussed if needed.
  • Add criterion for review based on the language in the application guidelines regarding the need to write the proposal for people across disciplines to understand.
  • Discuss with provost the real purpose of this grant. Should there be exclusions for folks who receive a lot of outside funding? Bring provost to Jan meeting.
  • Chair will have letters to reviewers by January meeting.
  • Fridays still good for meetings during spring semester? Yes.
IV.
Other Discussions and Announcements
 
None.
 
V.
Adjournment & Next Meeting
 
Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
 
 
Future meetings:
 
January 27 at 1:30 p.m. 57/3510
  
 
February TBD
  
 
March TBD
  
 
April TBD
  
     
Submitted by Stephanie Weiss (Secretary) on December 12, 2011.
 
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