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Strategic Planning Update

Strategic Planning Update. University Senate February 3, 2003. Strategic Areas of Focus. People (Compensation and Rewards, Faculty, Staff, Diversity) Education and Research Community Resources and Leadership. Initiative 2: Education and Research. Strategy Areas: Education Research

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Strategic Planning Update

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  1. Strategic Planning Update University Senate February 3, 2003 February 3, 2003

  2. Strategic Areas of Focus • People (Compensation and Rewards, Faculty, Staff, Diversity) • Education and Research • Community • Resources and Leadership February 3, 2003

  3. Initiative 2: Education and Research Strategy Areas: • Education • Research • Interaction between Levels and Across Schools and Colleges • Concentrations of Interest and Expertise February 3, 2003

  4. Research GOAL:Improve the research support services and infrastructure to increase levels of funded and unfunded high quality research by: • Developing and implementing criteria, systems and procedures for "investing" in best research support services, physical space and equipment February 3, 2003

  5. Research (cont’d.) Goals (cont’d.) • Developing and implementing a financial plan for providing adequate start-up, cost-sharing, and operating funds to support research • Increasing the level and quality of pre-award and post-award administrative support services February 3, 2003

  6. Research (cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Created the Ad Hoc Committee on Research Support and Infrastructure to recommend research infrastructure improvements • Created a Presidential Research Advancement Committee (PCRA) to set, oversee, and monitor implementation and development of a strategic planning process for increasing competitively awarded, federally-funded research February 3, 2003

  7. Research (cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): • Surveyed faculty to identify barriers to cross-campus collaboration in research and began to address areas of concern • Awarded $1.65 M in Wall Funds to support development of projects in areas of existing strength, to increase competitively awarded research funding, and to build research infrastructure: February 3, 2003

  8. Research (cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): Wall Fund Awards: • Creation of a Start-Up and Cost Sharing Fund: $600,000 • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: $500,000 endowment • Tulane Structural Proteomics Initiative: $200,000 • Neuroscience Center: $150,000 • Center for Computational Science: $150,000 • Renal and Hypertension Center of Excellence: $50,000 February 3, 2003

  9. Research (cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): • Developed new university cost-sharing policy • Reorganized Office of Research Administration to facilitate multi-campus proposal submissions and award administration, and strengthen expertise • Streamlined routing, signature, and review processes • Created a web-based Oracle database of proposals and awards, accessible to all faculty February 3, 2003

  10. Research (cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): • Joined federal demonstration partnership to reduce research administration burdens • Financial accounting and grant writing workshops, cost sharing training sessions, NCURA training broadcasts offered February 3, 2003

  11. Research (cont’d.) GOAL: Increase the amount of competitively awarded, federally funded research, with an emphasis in the sciences and engineering February 3, 2003

  12. Tulane NIH Awards, 5-year* Comparison by School *Tulane Fiscal Year February 3, 2003

  13. Tulane NSF Awards,5-year* Comparison by School *Tulane Fiscal Year February 3, 2003

  14. Research (cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Sciences, Engineering, and Centers (CBR, Computational Science, Latin American Studies, NCUC, Payson) February 3, 2003

  15. Indirect Funds Awarded, Federal 1998-2002* * Tulane Fiscal Year February 3, 2003

  16. Research(cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): * Sciences, Engineering, and Centers (CBR, Computational Science, Latin American Studies, NCUC, Payson) February 3, 2003

  17. Indirect Funds Awarded, All Sponsored, 1998-2002* * Tulane Fiscal Year February 3, 2003

  18. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise GOAL:Identify faculty leadership groups for each of the areas of concentration of interest and expertise (i.e. those areas identified during the planning process: environmental, health science/biomedical, international/area studies, urban/community) to inventory current activities in each area. Identify next steps to expand and find funding opportunities for each area February 3, 2003

  19. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise(cont’d.) GOAL: Develop an ongoing process to identify other possible university-wide themes that cut across multiple schools and colleges; build on existing or potential expertise, interest, and strength; and have the potential to further differentiate Tulane February 3, 2003

  20. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise(cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Held 3 Presidential Symposia in the areas of Infectious Diseases (Fall 01), Neurosciences (Spring 02), Urban Studies (Fall 02) • Invited prominent scholars to review areas of strengths; resulted in the formation of national advisory committees • Formed an ad hoc Bioterrorism Task Force to offer guidance to the university and community in the wake of September 11 terrorist attacks February 3, 2003

  21. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise(cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): • Strengthened existing & encouraged new strategic partnerships and alliances to promote education and research, technology transfer and economic development in Louisiana and the region: • Louisiana Gene Therapy Research Consortium • Tulane Cancer Center • Neuroscience research February 3, 2003

  22. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise(cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): • Infectious diseases research • National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health • NEH Regional Humanities Center February 3, 2003

  23. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise(cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): Wall Fund Awards: • Renal and Hypertension Center of Excellence: $50,000 • Neurosciences Center: $150,000 • Tulane Structural Proteomics Initiative: $200,000 • National Endowment for the Humanities Regional Humanities Center for the Deep South: $200,000 February 3, 2003

  24. Concentrations of Interest and Expertise(cont’d.) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.): • Center for Computational Science: $150,000 • Collaborative Efforts between the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences: $474,000 • Center for Ethics and Public Affairs: $300,000 February 3, 2003

  25. Work in Progress: Major Initiatives • Hire Associate Senior VP for Research • Continue to build a foundation of start-up funds to recruit new faculty • Continue to increase competitively awarded funding • Continue to improve research infrastructure (space, equipment, graduate student support, IT, libraries) February 3, 2003

  26. Work in Progress: Major Initiatives • Continue to enhance the effectiveness of post-award research administration • Create more opportunities to honor andrecognize research productive faculty • Expand technology transfer and business development opportunities February 3, 2003

  27. END February 3, 2003

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