Membership |
Appointment |
Term |
William Euler (Chemistry Dept.) |
Research Center Director |
1999-2001 |
Robert Felner (Education & Soc. Pol Res) |
Faculty Senate |
1998-2001 |
David Heskett (Physics) |
Faculty Senate |
1999-2002 |
Kenneth Hinga (Oceanography) |
Business Manager |
1999-2001 |
Dayle Joseph (College of Nursing) |
Council of Deans |
1999-2001 |
Dana Kovarsky (Communicative Disorders) |
Faculty Senate |
2000-2003 |
Janet Kulberg (Grad/Psychology) |
Ex-Officio, Graduate. School |
|
Karen Markin (Research Office) |
Ex-Officio, Research. Office |
|
Margaret Ordoñez (Textiles) |
Faculty Senate |
1998-2001 |
Susan Peterson |
Grad. Student Assoc. |
2000-2001 |
Marie Jenkins Schwartz |
Faculty Senate |
1999-2002 |
Linda Randall (Management Dept.) |
Provost Appointment |
2000-2003 |
Joseph Rossi (CPRC) |
Provost Appointment |
2000-2003 |
Elinore Sheryka |
Student Senate |
2000-2001 |
Janett Trubatch (Research Office) |
Ex-Officio, Vice-Provostfor Research |
|
Cathy Wessells (Env. & Nat. Res. Econ.) |
Provost Appointment |
2000-2003 |
Jeanine Williamson (University Library) |
F aculty Senate |
2000-2001 |
Hossein Zia (Pharmaceutics) |
Faculty Senate |
2000-2003 |
During the 2000-2001 academic year, Professor Margaret Ordoñez served as Chair of the Council. |
September 25, 2000
October 16, 2000
November 6, 2000
December 11, 2000
January 22, 2001
February 12, 2001
April 9, 2001
1. Strategic Planning Committee
Members: Robert Felner, Kenneth Hinga, Janet Kulberg,
Susan Peterson, Cathy Wessells, Jeanine Williamson
The ad hoc committee for strategic planning joined with a sub committee of the Outreach Council and individual representatives from the URI community to form the Strategic Planning Committee for Research and Outreach. The committee agenda is being facilitated by the PDLOT and will focus on identifying strategic initiatives and forming strategic and operational plans to strengthen research and outreach at the university.
2. Partnership Review Committee
Members: William Euler, Dayle Joseph, Joseph Rossi, Jeanine Williamson, Hossein Zia
The Committee was charged by the Provost with reviewing the progress and activities of each Partnership and addressing ongoing Partnership concerns such as overhead distribution, the relationship between Partnerships and departments, and the ability of Partnerships to be self-sustaining. The Committee has drafted its recommendations based the Partnerships' responses to a self-study review and will present its report at the next scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate.
3. Ad Hoc Committee for design of a WebPages to assist new investigators with the proposal submission process
Members: Ken Hinga, William Euler, Karen Markin, Gail Wing, Craig McNeil, Margaret Ordoñez, Katherine Scheil, Rosemary White
Based on recommendations made by the committee, the Research Office will re-design its WebPages to facilitate the proposal submission process for new researchers.
In November, the Council voted to request $200,000 from the Provost for Faculty Development and Proposal Development and to recommend that the Faculty Senate resolve to increase funding to $200,000 for program. The resolution was made by the Faculty Senate on January 25, 2001.
The Council voted to revise the conflict of interest policy to state that "signatures of Deans and Department Chairpersons are considered an acknowledgement, not an endorsement". It voted to revise the RFPs to specify that a final report be required for future proposal submissions to be considered.
Proposals submitted by the March 1, 2001 deadline included 22 Proposal Development requests, totaling $202,797.18. Twenty-four Faculty Development proposals were submitted to the Council with requests totaling $154,238.80, an increase of $95,735 compared to requests submitted in this category last year. The Council reviewed proposals on April 9, 2001 and will announce the awards in May of 2001.
The Research Office and Council Members continue to review policies from other institutions and current press to monitor the issue of conflict of interest as it pertains to business development.
The Council discussed whether imaging equipment should be housed in a central facility and if it should be managed by the University. The Council agreed that the current system be maintained.
The Council formed 2 ad hoc committees to review pre-proposals for the NSF Major Research Instrumentation and NSF Partnerships for Innovation grants programs.
The Council charged the Vice Provost with meeting with the Chairs of the original focus groups to discuss their status, needs, and relationship to Partnerships.