Evaluation of Proposals

The Provost will appoint a distinguished committee to evaluate proposals and recommend funding priorities. The committee will be comprised primarily of faculty chosen in part from a list of suggestions provided by the faculty senate, and in part from suggestions from the Academic Deans, possibly augmented by selections from the Office of the Provost. Two members of the committee will also be chosen from the support units by the Office of the Provost.  The committee will be instructed carefully at the outset, and the rankings will be developed through a process that will include individual rankings by the committee members submitted electronically (at least three evaluations for each proposal submitted) and a final meeting in October at which a consensus ranking will be developed through discussion of the proposals and their written evaluations and comments.  The final funding decisions will be made by the Provost in consultation with the President.