Page 57 - Mid-Year Reports

Mid-Term
Objective(s) Goal Status
Actual

X Met Target
$$$ of Competitive Grant Proposals Submitted $15 m $19,837,338 On Target to Meet Target

Not On Target

Milestones Achieved Mid-Term Strategies To Overcome Barriers/Challenges/Other

Milestones in place are meeting the target for the Goal. Continue to reach out and encourage faculty and staff to get involve
with research and grant writing by supporting their virtual needs and
making training, workshops, assistance, grant guidelines and related
1 1 information easily accessible and available to them. Emphasize the
positives of research and grant writing and provide incentives for grant
participation.

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Barriers/Challenges
Comments

COVID-19 and its variants, along with Hurricane Ida in August 2021 continued Of the $19,837,338 of Grant Proposals Submitted, $1,829,833 is for the
to create uncomfortable conditions, challenges and so many uncertainties submission of Research Grants.
1 including personal (health/family, etc.) issues for both faculty and staff. This has
made research and grant writing less of a priority.

A continuing issue is that several faculty across the campus have reported
dissatisfaction with the post award management of their grants, i.e. delays in
2 getting PIs and students paid; delays in getting invoices paid for items
purchased with grant dollars, etc. Because of these experiences, they are not
excited or interested in writing grants.