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FOREWORD Research productivity and teaching effectiveness are comple- mentary to each other at St Augustine Campus.This paper shares some thoughts and evidence on the Campus Research and Publications CRP Fund in meeting research impact needs of staff and graduate students with facilitation via the School for Graduate Studies and Research and the Office of Graduate Studies and Research SGSROGSR for the academic years 201011 to 201415. The SGSROGSR at St Augustine Campus has a mandate to consult with the Campus Principal and with key stakeholders on the development management and funding of graduate educa- tion and research in collaboration with the Board for Graduate Studies and Research BGSR of the University. The annual alloca- tion of CRP funds ranges from TT2.0 million to 2.3 million. The CRP Fund has three components namelythe Campus Fund Medical Sciences Fund and Centre Fund. At present the Campus Committee for Graduate Studies and Research CCGSR serving as the supporting arm of SGSROGSR consists of i CRP Fund Committee and ii CRP Fund Sub-Committee on Research Reports. They both assist the SGSROGSR in ensuring that research priorities are identified and pursued at each Campus and that the objective of enhancing the quality and relevance of research output is achieved. The CRP Fund is to provide financial supports for faculty members including full-time lecturers and senior administra- tive members and graduate students MPhilPhD to undertake scholarly andor academic work and publish research outputs. Priorities and considerations for granting CRP Funds would stress i the importance of the research projects ii the antici- pated contributions to the Caribbean region and iii develop- ment of graduate studies. The SGSROGSR via the CRP Fund Committee also provide seed monies for academic facultiesdepartmentunits to host conferences including workshops. Among the identified research pillars for funding are 1 Biotechnology 2 Cultural Studies 3 Education 4 Health and Wellness 5 Hospitality and Tourism 6 Informa- tion Technology 7 Social and Economic Studies 8 Sustain- able Environmental Studies and 9 Innovation and Entrepre- neurship. Staff Research Grants 201011 20142015 As at April 30th 2015 a total of 371 staff research grant applica- tions were reviewed across all faculties on campus over the period. 306 projects were approved yielding a success rate of 82.48 with a sum of TT9323121 being granted. The remain- ing applications 17.52 were rejected for one reason or another. The Faculty of Medical Sciences has the larger pool of funds TT2684714 for 70 projects followed by the Faculty of Humanities and Education TT1661348 for 62 projects the Faculty of Science and Technology TT1543463 for 50 projects and the Faculty of Engineering TT1224065 for 49 projects. The two faculties obtaining least staff grants were the Faculty of Social Science TT998819 for 37 projects and the Faculty of Food and Agriculture TT885577 for 28 projects. The majority of staff grants were approved for i purchasing equipment software chemicals and agencies ii presenting research outputs at conferencessymposia and iii undertak- ing fieldwork andor acquiring research data. There are also many grant applications for hosting conferences including workshop and seminars as well as publishing research output such as books book chapters and journal articles. Besides some 10 projects were initiated from the Main Library two projects the Office for Research Development and Knowledge Transfer formerlyBusiness Development Office three projects Campus IT Services one project and the Office of the Campus Principal four projects. The Faculty of Law was established in 2013 and there has been no record of a request for research grants in the past two years. Between 201011 and 201314 the number of funded projects ranged between 60-76 and the sum awarded ranged from TT1.97M to TT2.25M. However in 20142015 only 36 projects for the sum of TT1.10 million were approved up to April 2015 although the application process continues. In total 371 tangible outputs in terms of books book chapters journal articles conference papers films and the like were generated from 306 staff grants over the period or 1.21 items per grant. Some of the researchers with impactful CRP Fund projects are Dr. Sephra Rampersad CRP.3.FEB07.7 2011 Fruit Rot of Pumpkin - six journal publications and one conference presentation. Dr. Gabrielle Hosein CRP.3.MAR09.25 2012 Caribbean Review of Gender Studies Issues 3 and 4 and The Making of Caribbean Feminisms Issue 6 and established the Alma Jordan Special Collection on Women Activists and the Feminist Movement in the Caribbean. Professor Brent Wilson CRP.3.NOV09.8 2012 Impact of CAMPUS RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS FUND 201011-201415 MEETING RESEARCH IMPACT NEEDS 20