Some of the major problems cited were a lack of time, lack of faculty and staff to pursue grants, and a general lack of support. However, the already heavy schedules of the two science educators limited what they could do. The PAGO will continue to seek ways to have more of the PSC community participate in grant writing. We are planning to continue to have faculty and staff who have been successful in writing grants do discipline oriented workshops for their colleagues, including sabbaticals. There is, however, a very strong core of grant writing faculty on campus, but that core seems to be getting smaller.
Most federal grants take two and three submissions for funding.
The PAGO needs to have the support of the Administration about having faculty submit their grants to the PAGO for processing. There still are many grants which are processed without either our office or Liane Sutcliffe's office seeing them. Many of these are small grants, but not having them go through the process inbreeds bad habits. Without proper review they could lead to serious problems, such as scheduling conflicts, space shortages, or an inability to fulfill our obligations. We would like to thank the Administration for their support over the years.