Council on Research Meeting Minutes
Monday, April 22, 2019
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Arts and Sciences (AS) Room 122
Robert Rosenswig, Chair
MINUTES
Members present: Rosenswig, Robert (Chair); Aykanian, Amanda; Bonilla, Adrienne (Ex Officio VPR Designee);
Drislane, Lisset; Ernst, Jesse; Freedman, Jeff; Jahanbani, Nakissa; Jiang, Shiguo; Minder, Justin; Morano,
Carmen; Piotrowska, Monika; Poehlmann, Nancy; Slade, Leonard
Members absent: Coddington, Kate; McAndrew, Lisa; Trolian, Teniell
Additional attendees: Philip, Thecla
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Council on Research (CoR) Chair Robert Rosenswig at 2:30 p.m.
Approval of Meeting Minutes
The March 25, 2019 CoR meeting minutes were reviewed and unanimously approved.
Old Business
1. IRB Discussion – Office of Regulatory and Research Compliance Director Adrienne Bonilla
Chair Rosenswig reviewed that the Senate had made a formal request for CoR to investigate issues
reported regarding the IRB approval procedures and timeline. ORRC Director Bonilla circulated and
reviewed handouts regarding same and addressed questions from CoR members.
Action Item:
The CoR Chair requested that this information be made available on the ORRC website and that the
ORRC follow up with CoR in the 2019 fall semester as to what may help facilitate the IRB approval
process.
2. Benevolent Award Recommendations Presented by CoR Subcommittee Chair’s Delegate
Subcommittee member Nancy Poehlmann circulated and reviewed Chair Teniell Trolian’s report on
award recommendations, summarized as follows:
Applications and Review Process
For the spring 2019 semester, 21 Benevolent Award applications were received. Applications were reviewed
by the student’s research supervisor/dissertation chair, the student’s department chair, and members of the
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COR Benevolent Award Subcommittee. Applications were scored by at least two members of the COR
Benevolent Award Subcommittee, who rated the following elements of each application:
Project Narrative, Approach, Proposal Progress, Budget, Application Quality, Outside Funding, Funding Need,
Overall Recommendation
Once all applications had been scored, the Subcommittee met on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, from 3:00-4:00
PM to discuss applications and to recommend funding. Three of five subcommittee members were in
attendance at the meeting: T. Trolian (Chair), M. Piotrowska, and N. Poehlmann (absent: N. Jahanbani, S.
Jiang).
Funding Recommendations
Based on the award criteria and discussion of the applications received, the committee recommended
funding seven $500 proposals for awards totaling $3,500.
Action Item:
Vote: A motion was made and unanimously approved that CoR accept the subcommittee’s
recommendations for the Benevolent Association Research and Creative Activity Grant awards.
3. Excellence in Research and Creative Activities CoR Subcommittee – Review Procedures Revisions
Subcommittee Chair Aykanian and members discussed proposed revisions to the ERCA nomination
guidelines and rating system. It was noted that the Provost Office sends out the call for nominations for
the Excellence Awards, and that guidelines are listed on their website. The Provost Office would
therefore need to approve the proposed revisions to the guidelines web posting.
Action Item:
CoR Chair Rosenswig requested that Subcommittee Chair Aykanian e-mail the summary of the
subcommittee recommendations to CoR Staff Support López, who was to then forward the proposed
revisions to the Provost’s Office.
New Business
1. 2019-2020 CoR Chair Nominations
Chair Rosenswig reviewed that the CoR Chair elections would take place at the May meeting.
Nominees Nancy Poehlmann and Jessie Ernst each agreed to serve if elected.
2. ICR Discussion
The CoR Chair reviewed a proposal to revise distribution of indirect cost return (ICR) for CoR’s
consideration and input, to be voted upon at the May meeting.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 4:15 p.m.
Submitted by Elisa Lopez, Staff Support.
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