I said earlier that the Center for Research would like to become a partner with each of you in seeking appropriate funding. Partnerships require a delineation of responsibilities. You, the faculty, must write the substantive part of research proposals. This is a service-oriented unit and you will find people who will help you in the Center for Research. Some help is available in finding appropriate sources of external funding.
Considerable help is available in budget development.
If you want help, contact the Center for Research and you will be directed to the appropriate person for your discipline. There are more than 45 such centers and institutes including Life Span, Higuchi Biosciences Center, Telecommunications Center, Hall Center for the Humanities. You should talk to the director of the appropriate center to see how your research matches the center's interests or goals. As the provost mentioned, at KU we are instituting several new area-based initiatives. We are focusing on our research strengths in selecting areas for further investment, ones that have a high probability of matching external funding sponsors' interests.