The purpose of this quantitative, internet-based, self-reported study of grant personnel at 85 public community colleges, was to identify factors that indicate the optimum circumstances under which public community college faculty can be engaged in participating in resource development processes necessary to receive external funding in the form of…

This national study of colleges and universities examined 33 variables found to act as incentives to motivate faculty to engage in grant-related activities. A survey questionnaire was sent to 163 colleges and universities, and of these, 104 returned them. The results of a series of statistical analyses suggested that a small, but significant,…

A study was done involving a survey of existing barriers and inducements to grant-related activities among tenured faculty within the college of education at Texas A&M University. An already established effort to increase grant activity included the position of Associate Dean of Research with the responsibility for increasing the level of…

This study looked at barriers, incentives, and assistance to faculty involvement in grant-seeking and grant-writing activities on the eight campuses of the New Jersey State College System. The study surveyed a random sample of 260 faculty from the eight campuses. Of these 136 responded. Analysis found that less than 20 percent were actively…

A survey of tenure-track faculty in the Texas A & M University college of education investigated attitudes concerning the environment for grantsmanship. Results indicate the need for a system providing faculty with assigned time for proposal development, provision of start-up money for competitive grant-writing, equal emphasis on grant writing…