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Multi-Institutional Consortium Biomedical Emphasis May 18, 2010

Multi-Institutional Consortium Biomedical Emphasis May 18, 2010. Peggy Sundermeyer Director Collaborative Research Services Office of the Vice President for Research. WHY ???. Member means institution, not individual Members need complementary not competitive strengths

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Multi-Institutional Consortium Biomedical Emphasis May 18, 2010

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  1. Multi-Institutional Consortium Biomedical EmphasisMay 18, 2010 Peggy Sundermeyer Director Collaborative Research Services Office of the Vice President for Research

  2. WHY ??? • Member means institution, not individual • Members need complementary not competitive strengths • Benefits for each need to outweigh alternatives for each member • Beyond the scientific energy to organizational synergy

  3. Continuum of relationships • Collaboration on a project • Sharing of data sets, separate scientific work • Multiple sites, single data set collection • Lab exchanges, skills sharing, seminar speakers • Grant proposals • Co-authorship of multiple varieties

  4. Continuum of relationships • Grant award, subcontract • NIH supported Consortium Agreement (preset) • Memo of Understanding: no shared funding, but shared activities, ideas, resources • Cooperative Agreement with other sponsors and agencies • Institutional Consortium, legal architecture

  5. Articulate goals & principles • What do we want to accomplish? • What is the extent of our commitment? • What are our values around • access and use of data • authorship and sharing credit • intellectual freedom (what if you disagree with another’s interpretation?) • seeking and using funds • What is our timeline? (3 – 5 years)

  6. Articulateground rules • How will we communicate? • Internal within teams; between teams • Other external (to us) stakeholders • How will we make decisions? • Shared expectations/shared authority • How will we resolve conflicts • Task vs personal • How will we negotiate entry/exit strategies • Membership privileges • Release without remorse

  7. Key elements for success • Scientific leadership • Administrative management • Compatibility • Resources

  8. Institutional assistance Sarah E. Starr, Director Office of Funding and Research Development The Ohio State University - Office of Research 614-688-5546 - starr.1@osu.edu Peggy Sundermeyer Office of Research Advancement University of Minnesota - OVPR 612-626-7850 – sunde005@umn.edu 

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