Developing Partnerships With Faculty-PI

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Developing Partnerships With Faculty-PIs -
The Rewards Of Working
With Faculty And Gaining Their Trust
(Observations from the faculty side!)

• Tim Quigg
• Associate Chair
• Computer Science Department
• UNC Chapel Hill

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Important Concepts To Remember When Dealing With
Faculty!

• Everybody is ignorant, only on different
  subjects Will Rogers
• We believe it applies to others, but not to us!
• In another time and place, we would have made
  great kings/queens!
• SECRET Most faculty know point 1 does apply to
  them
• But, admitting it doesnt come easy!

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Important Concepts!

• Scientists are trained to question everything
• Thinking outside the box makes them good
  scientists
• But bad financial managers!

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Important Concepts!

• Scientists speak their own language
  discipline-specific jargon
• And so do you! Think about it!
• Account numbers
• A-21
• Policy . . . . .
• Blau, blau, blau

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So What Can a Research Administrator Do To
Survive (Or Even Thrive)?

• Pray

• Become an indispensable part of the team!

HOW?
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Tims Tips For Success

• Find effective ways to communicate
• Dont use account numbers if faculty use project
  names
• People (yes faculty qualify) dont want to look
  or feel stupid!
• Dilemma Planning for funding soft money
  personnel
• A picture is worth a thousand words (or
  accounting reports)

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Personnel Funding Chart
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Personnel Funding Chart
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Personnel Funding Chart
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Tims Tips For Success

• Make it easy for faculty to find relevant
  information without having to ask!
• VIRTUAL TIM
• www.cs.unc.edu/quigg

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Tims Tips For Success

• Ask enough follow-up questions to find the
  question behind the first question
• Can I charge this widget to my NIH grant?
• NO or
• What are you going to use it for?
• The answer may lead you to another possible
  funding source!
• And a mutually satisfactory answer!

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Finally, Take Interest In Their Work!

• Ask questions be interested in whats happening
  in the lab
• You are a part of a scientific team you are not
  just an administrator you are a Research
  Administrator!
• Take pride in what you are enabling to occur in
  the lab!