Grants Committee

Chair: Muren Sharpe
Vice Chairs: Pamela Melton and Martha Reitman
University Representative: Michele Moody-Adams

Mission:

The PCCW Grants Committee shall oversee, from initiation to recognition, all PCCW grant programs. The committee will ensure that the intent established for each program is maintained and that available endowment income is appropriately spent.

Goals:

  • Maintain appropriate time-line from call for proposals to completion of awards.
  • Ensure processes that are as simple, streamlined, and as user friendly as possible.
  • Ensure recognition for Cornell, for PCCW and for the grants recipients.

Objectives:

  • Establish and monitor procedures for all grants programs.
  • Review processes annually and update as needed.
  • Solicit, evaluate and distribute grants
  • Conduct a committee/staff debriefing at the conclusion of each awarding, using information from the debriefing as an opportunity to improve processes.
  • Solicit feedback from recipients, incorporating ideas as warranted.
  • Work in concert with appropriate PCCW entities to design and implement events that allow for broadest possible recipient, campus, and PCCW recognition.

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For more information, contact: Office of the Councils, Cornell University, 130 E. Seneca Street, Suite 400, Ithaca, NY 14850-4353
607-254-7104, FAX: 607-254-7139, e-mail: pccw@cornell.edu