Services are utilized by those who are familiar and close to the facility. Regardless of the organization, everyone agreed that access should be easy. Major restructuring maybe suggested in order to create a process that is easier and more rewarding for faculty to use. Questions remained as to who exactly can take the lead and if this implies creating a stronger collaborative effort from current faculty support centers. There was debate over the funding and the process of obtaining services.
Current services are mixed with some free service and some recharge based service.
Faculty are experienced with writing competitive grants and may embrace a free service provided based on approval of grants. There was a suggestion that a grant type process should not be implemented until there is a high demand for service that necessitates a competitive process. It was brought up that half of the faculty do not have experience writing grants.