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FY13 Sponsored Programs Expenditure Report. Prepared by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Research and Federal Relations (Internal Report). Types of Research Expenditures in this Report.
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FY13 Sponsored Programs Expenditure Report Prepared by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Research and Federal Relations (Internal Report)
Types of Research Expenditures in this Report • Total Sponsored Programs Expenditures-Expenditures from awards made from external entities and support instruction, public service and research functions. In this report, indirect costs are included. Total Sponsored Programs expenditures are not reported to the THECB. • Restricted Research Expenditures-Expenditures from funds awarded by an external entity and which are restricted for support of defined research functions. May include grants, contracts or gifts from Federal, State and Private funding sources. Indirect costs are not included in THECB report. • Total R&D Expenditures-The sum of expenditures from a combination of internal and external funds used to support only research functions. These expenditures reflect the entire research enterprise of the institution and are reported annually to the THECB.
FY09-13 Sponsored Programs Expenditures • Of the $37 M in sponsored programs expenditures, 64% or $23.8 M was attributed to Research activity and 36% was attributed to instruction including public service. • Of the $23.8 M in Research Expenditures 63% ($14.9 M) came from federal awards, 21% ($5.0 M) came from state awards and 16% ($3.9 M) came from private awards and gifts (for profit and not for profit).
Total Research and Development Expenditures FY11-13 $36.7M $33.5M FY11 FY13 FY12 Data and graphs provided by the Office of Financial Reporting
Total Research and Development Expenditures-Quarterly Performance Data and table provided by the Office of Financial Reporting
RestrictedResearch Expenditures FY11-13 FY12 FY13 FY11 Data and graphs provided by the Office of Financial Reporting
ERU Restricted Research Expenditures Data provided by THECB
Net Increases in Restricted Research Expenditures by ERUs during FY09-13
Factors Influencing Research Expenditures • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Program ended in 2013 • Funding cuts due to Sequestration • Declining funding rates • Amount of available funds • Rate of expending available funds • Increased competition by peers • Declining proposal submissions
Submitted Proposals Data provided by the Office of Sponsored Programs
Research Strategic Plan Update • Requirement for all Emerging Research Universities. • Initial draft completed by Executive Research Planning Committee in April. • Provost review and initial executive edits in June. • Presidential Cabinet review and edits in July. • Presidential review and edits in November. • Update of key performance measures in December. • Roll out in 2014.
Contents of the Research Strategic Plan • Vision Statement • Plan to Increase Research Funding and Productivity • Plan to Improve Undergraduate Education • Plan for Doctoral Programs • Plan for Faculty and Student Development • Other Resources • National Visibility
Research Priorities based on Current and Proposed Doctoral Programs • EnvironmentalScience • Public Administration • Materials Science and Engineering • Nutrition and Health • Criminal Justice • Applied Anthropology • Education • Geographic Information Science • Computer Science
Key Strategic Initiatives to Expand Research Enterprise • Hire and Retain high quality researchers/scholars; • Provide competitive start up packages; • Balance faculty workloads to promote research while sustaining quality teaching; • Develop research-related programs that encourage student participation; • Maintain a safe, well-equipped research infrastructure; • Ensure that faculty evaluation criteria are commensurate with teaching/research expectations; • Add net new graduate research assistantships; • Add net new staff positions to support research; • Forster a service-oriented philosophy within research support offices; • Maximize funding opportunities in areas of research priorities; • Facilitate collaborations among faculty, centers and companies; • Provide University seed money for research and scholarship • Cultivate matching research gifts through the Texas Research Incentive Program; and • Implement incentives identified in each college dean’s strategic plan.