Page 6 University Daily Kansan, March 3, 1982
Research grant requests up despite budget cuts
By ANNE CALOVICH Staff Reporter
There is still money for good researchers with good ideas.
Budget cuts are not stopping KU faculty members from applying for or receiving research grants, according to Carolyn Hallenback, assistant to the vice chancellor of research, graduate studies and public service.
And the RGSPS office has developed skills to help faculty members work with fewer research grant dollars so that students can attend the University of Kansas does not fail.
With fewer funds this year and future amounts uncertain, KU faculty members have not cut down on their applications for grants, although such trends are difficult to pinpoint, Hallenbeck said. She said few funds did not mean grants were no longer available, but that they were more difficult to obtain. She said good researchers would still get grants.
"Quality programs are quality programs." she said.
programs, the 1980-81 fiscal year, a record $21 million in grants was awarded to KU faculty members for research. The increase over the previous year was a healthy 11 percent, Hallenbeck said.
out the amount awarded this year might be down, according to Hallenbeck, because there is less money
nationwide and KU will not escape the effect of cuts.
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In many cases, the money cut from a program would decrease the amount of grants offered and not the amount of funds required in the research project, Hallbeck asserted.
With the cuts, however, finding ways to finance research outside of the traditional governmental programs is more necessary than ever, she said.
"We're exploring other sources—not as much as we've done in the past, or as much as we will probably have to do in the future," she said.
"We feel very good about it, that the faculty has taken the initiative, because they'll have to commit a fair amount of time to it," Meyen said.
The office has found that the Department of Defense, for example,
Meyen said the course usually lasted for five sessions, about two hours each session, and was devoted to discussing University and agency policies, finding out what money was available, developing proposals and budgets for research projects, exploring responsibilities of particular research projects and seeking grants from private foundations.
Meyen said faculty members who had never sponsored projects before were taking the course, as well as those who wanted to improve their skills.
He said he hoped the course would continue and perhaps include more
semester and 21 will participate this semester. The course, which Meyen conducts with help from Hallenbeck, will begin tomorrow.
offers grants for research pertaining to the military, and not just weaponry. For example, it grants money for research into ways to teach basic skills. Such grants can apply to a variety of scientific interests at KU.
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The Center for Humanistic Studies, located in Spencer Research Library, has been financed by a Mellon grant since 1976. The center helps faculty in the humanities with proposals for research grants.
One problem KU faces, however, is a lack of highly specialized equipment which some of these grants require. But KU has always done some business with the Defense Department, Hallenbeck said.
The center will be at 222 Strong, across the hall from the RGSPS office, and will be completed in six to eight weeks. Meyen diana. Signed Thomas, research assistant for RGSPS, will assist the center and assist faculty members.
specialized sections in the future so that resources could be increased.
Another way to help faculty members get research grants will be through a scholarship program. If you will allow faculty a place to scout for grants and talk with one another about
grant possibilities, Ed Meyen,
said vice chancellor for RGSPs,
said.
In addition, a course is being offered for a third semester on faculty research development, Meyen said. The course also offers an experiential basis with six faculty participants. It has since been expanded; 24 people participated last
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