Architecture Program Report Tulane University New Orleans ...

of book abstracts, articles and projects for future publication and
dissemination.
In addition, the Director of Faculty Research conducts workshops
on grants writing, and oversees the submission of applications for
both the faculty and program. He/She also acts as a
clearinghouse on presses that publish material pertinent to
research conducted by the faculty and program.
Second, the Harvey-Wadsworth Urban Studies Chair is now fully
funded, leading to salary enhancements (based on faculty
research and creative activity proposals) for at least two senior
faculty.
Third, the funding of Favrot Chaired Professorships, also based
on faculty research proposals, will be continued. At present, five
faculty members at the associate and full professor levels, receive
salary enhancements based on their proposals for research.
Fourth, in the past year, several faculty received a distributed
$350,000.00 of faculty research funds based on research
tracks.
Fifth, the result of these strategic enhancements to faculty
research will be an increased funding level for the School, which
will further itself of its own accord.
Sixth, the Dean has re-instituted an annual Faculty Development
grant program with $25,000 in available awards for FY
2006-2007.
Finally, faculty travel funding has been increased so that faculty
received 100% of their requests to attend scholarly events
last year.
5.
Through the increase in fund-raising, there is a commensurate
increase in the Dean's discretionary funding levels. This increase
enables the distribution of travel, research, and conference
participation monies to fully fund faculty efforts in this area.
6.
The increase in time dedicated to fund-raising for the School of
Architecture is noteworthy. Moreover, the formulation of fundraising
efforts has changed significantly from past models. First
and foremost, at least one-half of the Dean's time is spent on