Review report from Petes committee – Where are we now?
Pete presented the IRSC Annual Report and Recommendations, 2003-2004, “Building a Research Culture at the University of Washington, Bothell”. Pete offered a historical context for the report – the IRSC wanted to address the need at UWB to support faculty research. At the time of the report faculty needed to lobby for research support. The report made recommendations in the following areas to address this need: 1) Communicate and demonstrate a strong institutional commitment to research. – Seed money for pilot studies. – Summer salary for research-active faculty. – Increased allocations for travel to research conferences. – Research assistants. 2) Increase faculty time devoted to research. – Create “research quarters”. An occasional dedicated research quarter (no teaching) would provide the concentrated time blocks needed to make large strides on research projects. Many faculty expressed frustration with fitting research around a heavy teaching schedule. Nives, Becky and Cynthia are cur
