COMMITTEE: Research
and Creative Activity Grants Committee
MEETING DATE: 9/2/10
PERSON PRESIDING: Carmine
Scavo
REGULAR MEMBERS IN
ATTENDANCE: Jay Newhard, Gregory Lapicki, Kathy Davis, Guili Zhang, Jason
Brinkley, Carmine Scavo, Elizabeth Jesse, Jennifer Arrigo, Javier Lorenzo, Tom
McCaslin,
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN
ATTENDANCE: Alan
Screier, Carl Billingsley, Andrew Stuart
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Lori Lee,
Marianna Walker
ACTIONS OF MEETING
Agenda Item:
Election of Officers
Discussion:
None
Action Taken:
Carmine Scavo was nominated
and elected Chair.
Gail Ratcliff was nominated and elected Vice Chair.
Jason Brinkley was nominated and elected Secretary.
Assigned additional duties
to:
Agenda Item:
Name Plates
Discussion:
Elizabeth Jesse suggested the
formation of name plates for committee members for meetings.
Action Taken:
Assigned additional duties
to:
Agenda Item:
Committee
charge and focus.
Discussion:
Carmine Scavo opened the
floor for discussion of the committee’s charge.
The committee discussed the differences in RCAG and Seed money
grants. Al Schreier provides information on seed money, start-up and faculty development grants. There was a proposal and discussion to shift
the focus of RCAG grants to the Humanities and Social Sciences. Marianna Walker suggested a follow-up meeting
with Vice Chancellor Mageean to discuss committee charge and shift in
focus. Andrew Stuart suggested the
collection of recent submissions and awardees to count the number of
submissions and funded opportunities have occurred from various groups for the
past 5 years. Gregory Lapicki proposes
closing the current discussion until a time when Dr. Mageean is available for
comment.
Action Taken:
Jason Brinkley will
collect and count recent RCAG funded and non-funded proposals to see which
groups/research areas have been awarded funding for past 5 years. Carmine Scavo will send formal invitation to
Dr. Mageean to meet with committee.
Assigned additional duties
to:
Agenda Item:
Opening
RCAG proposals to BSOM Faculty.
Discussion:
Carmine Scavo discusses
additional change in policy to allow BSOM faculty to apply for RCAG grants.
Action Taken:
Assigned additional duties
to:
NEXT MEETING: TBA
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Meeting with Vice
Chancellor about committee’s charge and focus.