He requested feed-back on his proposal. Also, he requested nominations for the Chair of the Research Council for next Academic Year be forwarded to him prior to the final meeting in April. Voting on this proposal and for the Chair will be held at the last meeting. Of the four, expenditures for Grant Matching is the most difficult to control since matching commitments are made on proposals that may or may not be funded. The actual award amounts have exceeded expectations, which has resulted in an overexpenditure of funds.
Many proposals require a large amount of matching funds for equipment.
Research I status. UTK is one of 88 universities in the country with Research I status. Baker asked what the Council could do to help. SunSite is a network server that is a shared dynamic cache. It allows frequently accessed sites to be stored on a local computer.