As promised in the re-structuring process for supporting research in LA&PS, this survey is being circulated to provide all faculty in Arts and Atkinson to solicit their thoughts regarding how best to structure supports for research. The final report will include a summary of faculty comments as well as recommendations.
We hope all faculty will provide their thoughts.
Thank you
Items marked with * are the questions with required answer(s).
A. Resources for Research
For questions 1 to 4, please indicate your preferences for design and governance of Resources for Research by ranking the importance of the following resources in terms of their relevance to your research approach:
* Conference Travel (i.e. funding for travel to conferences)
* Minor Research Grants (i.e. grants to support travel, equipment or research assistants)
* Release Time (i.e. .5 course release)
* Release Time (i.e. full course release awarded to a few faculty each year)
* Other (Please describe any other supports, not listed above, that you think would be important in Question 5)
* 1. Conference Travel (i.e. $1000 or more available to support travel to conferences)
* 2. Minor Research Grants (i.e. grants to support travel, equipment or research assistants)
* 3. Release Time (i.e. .5 course release on relatively regular basis such as each 1-3 years based on a available resources)
* 4. Release Time (i.e. full course release awarded to a few faculty each year)
5. (Optional) Further to the above four resources, would you like to suggest an additonal option? How important is this new option? (Most important, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or least important)