[Faculty] FW: National Science Board Request for Information on Faculty Administrative Workload

[Arlene Gibson]

From: Gordon Lee [mailto:glee at mail.sdsu.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:22 AM
To: Arlene Gibson
Subject: Fwd: National Science Board Request for Information on Faculty
Administrative Workload

 

Hi Arlene:

 

Can you send this to the College of Engineering faculty?  This email is a
request to collect data for the National Science Board of the National
Science Foundation on the administrative workload of faculty while they are
working on research projects.

 

Thanks, GLEE

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From: Leffler, Jeremy A. <jleffler at nsf.gov>
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:10 AM
Subject: National Science Board Request for Information on Faculty
Administrative Workload
To: FDPMAIN-L at lsw.nas.edu



The following may be of interest to your membership.  I would greatly
appreciate you disseminating as widely as possible.

 

Many thanks,

Jeremy

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Dear Colleagues:

 

Over the past decade two Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Faculty
Workload Surveys indicate that administrative burdens associated with
Federal research funding consume roughly 42% of an awardee's available
research time. The National Science Board (NSB), which establishes the
policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and recommends and
encourages the pursuit of national policies for the promotion of research
and education in science and engineering, recently established a Task Force
on Administrative Burdens that is charged with examining faculty
administrative workload as it relates to federally sponsored research.  The
Task Force is also interested in identifying opportunities to reduce burden
while maintaining accountability and oversight.  The NSB Task Force has
released a Request for Information (RFI)
<http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/committees/ab/tskforce_ab_rfi.jsp>  seeking
recommendations from principal investigators for reducing the administrative
workload associated with their Federal awards. Responses to the RFI will be
considered as the Board develops recommendations to ensure investigators'
administrative workload is at an appropriate level.

 

We encourage you and your faculty to provide the NSB with your valuable
insight.  The RFI is available through May 24th at:
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/committees/ab/tskforce_ab_rfi.jsp 

 

In addition, the Task Force will be conducting three Roundtable Discussions
to elicit feedback directly from faculty and administrators.  To attend any
of the discussions identified below, please send an e-mail to
Administrative-Reform-Inquiries at nsf.gov 

 

April 16th at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA

4:00 PM (Location TBD)

 

April 30th at Tufts University in Boston, MA

11:30 AM at the Winthrop Street Function Hall

 

May 1st at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA

1:30 PM at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center

 

Jeremy A. Leffler

Executive Secretary to the NSB Task Force on Administrative Burdens

 

Outreach Specialist, Policy Office

Division of Institution & Award Support

Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management

 

National Science Foundation

jleffler at nsf.gov; 703-292-8075


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Dr. Gordon Lee

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

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San Diego State University

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Fax: (619) 594-2654

Email: glee at mail.sdsu.edu


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