SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Increase Number Of Faculty Pursuing Sponsored Research | |
| Increase number of Faculty submitting grants to NSF, NIH, Dept. of Education, and other agencies Associated Goals: Increase External Funding |
| Indicator | Conduct Grantwriting Workshops Provide assistance to faculty through topic specific grantwriting workshops |
| Criteria | Conduct 3 workshops per semester Each of the 3 workshops will be related to a topic pertinent to grantwriting |
| Finding | Distribute 15 funding opportunities per month Distribute email alerts of funding opportunities to depts and colleges |
| Finding | Limit grantwriting workshops Limit grantwriting workshops to 1 for second semester |
| Action | Amend number and type of grantwriting workshops Grantwriting workshops did not attract many faculty except for those focusing on budget development. In 2nd semester number of workshops will be limited to 1 |
| Objective | Provide More Research Funding Information | |
| Inform new and senior faculty of research opportunities Associated Goals: Increase Research Activities |
| Indicator | Distribute Funding Information To All Depts And Colleges ORSP distributes funding opportunities alerts to all depts and colleges |
| Criteria | Distribute 15 funding opportunities per month to depts and colleges Funding opportunities are distributed by email to each college and dept for distribution to faculty |
| Objective | Assist Faculty Identify Research Opportunities Involving Students | |
| Identify sponsored research programs aimed at exposing students to research Associated Goals: Increase Research Opportunities For Students |
| Indicator | Identify Research Opportunities For Students Identify grants that sponsor research projects involving students |
| Criteria | Identify 1 grant per month involving research opportunities for students Grants sponsoring research opportunities for students will be identified by ORSP |
| Finding | Identify 1 grant per month involving students'' res ORSP identified 1 grant per month involving research opportunities for students |
| Objective | Assist Faculty To Develop More Scholarly Activities | |
| Support faculty with scholarly endeavors Associated Goals: Increase Scholarly Activities |
| Indicator | Assist Faculty Achieve More Scholarly Activities Sponsor travel and/or activities related to scholarly achievement |
| Criteria | Sponsor travel for faculty in pursuit of scholarly activities Sponsor 10 faculty per academic year with travel in their pursuit of scholarly activities |
| Finding | Sponsor travel for scholarly activities Faculty and students involved in scholarly activities are being sponsored for travel |