CHARGES TO THE FACULTY
SENATE RESEARCH COMMITTEE
FOR FY-04
Standing
Charges
1. Monitor the
administration of the General Research Fund.
2. Advise and assist
the Vice Chancellor for Research in formulating and articulating policy related
to research at the University of Kansas.
3. Maintain
familiarity with all aspects of the GRF and make recommendations, as needed, to
insure its effectiveness and appropriate utilization. Submit to FacEx a list of
the GRF recipients for last Spring, including their department or program, the
award amount, the date of the most recent previous award, and the numbers of
both graduate and undergraduate students supported.
4. Stay apprised of
the University's implementation of its policy on Classified Research, both
private and government (Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations, Article IX). Make
recommendations as appropriate.
5. Assess the function
of, and any changes to, the University's scientific/scholarly misconduct
policy. Ensure that faculty, staff, and students engaged in research are fully
informed of this policy and understand the practical implications of it.
6. Submit to FacEx: 1)
the approved minutes of each meeting (minutes must be kept), b) recommendations
for action as they are approved by the committee, and c) a final report by
April 1, 2004. The final report should make clear what was done (or not done)
about each of the charges to the committee and make recommendations to FacEx
for action.
Additional
Charges
Listed In
priority order
1. Review the
procedures for appointing committees that evaluate GRF proposals (by every
entity and unit) and of the process of reporting the recommendations of those
committees to the administrator of the GRF (e.g., who are the administrators
that review the recommendations? What is
the role of deans, chairs, and directors on the evaluation committees?).
2. Continue the work
from FY-03 dealing with Conflict of Interest/Technology Transfer. See the
comments in the final report.
3. Review general
issues related to GRF policies, reporting, and outcomes pertaining to (a) the
University's general policy on the GRF fund; (b) specific policies (by entity
and unit) of the GRF fund.
4. Submit to AP&P
via SenEx a request to initiate better awareness on the part of individual
faculty, department/unit heads, and deans, of the University's
Scientific/Scholarly Misconduct Policy and Grievance procedures so that
disputes be first addressed at the lowest level of administration before advancing
to the Provost's Office.
5. Revisit the
University's policy on Classified Research. (The reason is that a number of
faculty see their work being perceived by the federal government as overlapping
with classified research.)