What is the Faculty Committee on Projects and Proposals (FCOPP)?
FCOPP, composed of senior members of the KSG faculty, was established by the Dean to provide oversight of proposals and projects to minimize risks to the School and to the University. The Committee’s recommendations are strictly advisory to the Dean and the Academic Dean. Ultimately, it is the Dean who decides whether proposals receive Kennedy School approval. The Committee focuses exclusively on the flow of new, renewed, and significantly amended projects, not the stock of existing ones, except when special problems or circumstances indicate the wisdom of doing otherwise (e.g., by request of the Dean). FCOPP consideration is not a substitute for the standard KSG review and approval process; rather, it is another step in that process, to be deployed only in certain circumstances. The FCOPP chair, working in consultation with the Associate Dean for Research, and individual, selected Committee members, will identify those proposals that may require additional review.
