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Questions that can be discussed in the planning session are:
1. What development activities are currently in place by Research and Sponsored Programs Offices?
2. Can your office expand these services using current personnel?
3. What new projects do you anticipate the administration of your institution will ask Research
and Sponsored Programs to create or develop in the next five years?
4. Are there demands by state government, regional entities or the community for your institution
to meet needs for employment, training or creating centers in the next five years? If so,
what will be the demands on Research and Sponsored Programs to provide services for the
creation and administration of these collaborative efforts?
5. Will Research and Sponsored Programs need to have additional funding or personnel to create
or administer these new programs?
6. Will administration in your organization be supportive of providing the additional resources
for development?
The planning session that discusses these issues may come up with ideas on how to provide more
outreach to faculty and staff in writing competitive grant proposals without having to add more
personnel for the office. External demands may be identified as the need to work more closely with
the community to develop business incubators, creation of jobs and research parks. These activities
will mean that there will be a need for more additional personnel and perhaps the creation of
new departments in the Research and Sponsored Programs Office.
Challenges for higher education will continue to grow in the twenty-first century and it will be
essential for Research and Sponsored Programs Offices to work with their internal and external
clients for developing innovative programs and strategies.
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Special Report (July 21, 2005). Manna or Pork: Members of Congress earmarked more than
$2- billion for charities this year, a Chronicle study finds. The Chronicle of Higher Education,
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