Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions Report of a Workshop (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Barriers to Access to Research
Barriers to Access to Research
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Branding There is a strong temptation to believe that while the institution's environment may not be optimal, a well-qualified, highly motivated faculty member at an ERI competes on a level playing field with research institutions for federal research funding. No one confirmed this view at the workshop.
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. Many participants felt that faculty at lesser-known institutions may experience the type of subtle prejudice and implicit bias described in the National Academies' Beyond Bias and Barriers report. For example, some participants commented on the disparity between the proposal success rate of these institutions and the success rate of more well-known research institutions vis-a-vis federal agencies that fund research.
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Following are some of the areas in which ERI researchers spoke of devoting substantial time or personal resources, in lieu of having centralized university support. Office of Sponsored Research Several faculty at the workshop identified themselves also as "the grants officer" for their respective projects, meaning the institution had no sponsored research office or one that was minimally staffed.
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The study cites the need for technology transfer and commercialization mentoring for emerging institutions. Workshop participants acknowledged technology transfer as a Diane Palmintera.
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Nevertheless, many commented that they are challenged by a culture on their campuses that is risk averse and not entrepreneurial, with limited research expenditures, hiring and promotion policies that do not reward technology transfer activities, and a lack of administrative support. Business Services One of the most heated discussions of the workshop centered on the lack of adequate business services at ERIs, combined with lengthy approvals to make use of those that do exist.
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However, the extent to which institutional infrastructure impacts even the most mundane activities was visibly frustrating to many researchers who presented at the workshop. In the session presenting the faculty viewpoint, Terrance Johnson of Tennessee State University described the problems labeled as "death by a thousand cuts." These included: Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, January 2003.
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. Thus, workshop participants observed that as ERIs shift to greater empha Ernest L
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Researchers in teaching-intensive environments often are in competition for space, tenure and promotion, and teaching loads with their fellow faculty who were not pursuing research. Though not an explicit topic of the workshop, the discussion around reward systems emerged sufficiently often that the issue merits a place in this report.
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