With off-campus office space, involvement of students could be minimal and the anticipated new interdisciplinary course must be approved by LSU's regular faculty. The PIs mention recruiting LSU faculty in sociology, social work, business, engineering, and education to work with them on research topics defined by OCDD, but there are no concrete plans even to identify suitable individuals. Continuation of OCDD beyond its first two years will require additional funding. In addition to duplication of expensive items available on the LSU campus the proposal requests more than twenty-five thousand dollars basic office equipment and furniture, about three thousand dollars for office and general computer supplies. No funding is recommended.
Materials seem very expensive placed in that context.
The proposal goes beyond social sciences criteria and serves all fields, becoming a general university reference facility. Therefore, it should be built into university grant overhead budgeting. No funding is recommended. This proposal requests funds to upgrade the Kinesiology laboratory. While the panel deemed such an upgrade desirable, the Enhancement Plan section of the proposal does not satisfactorily explain how the proposal, if funded, would impact the unit.