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Driving Research: Change in Direction

Driving Research: Change in Direction. Board of Governors Meeting January 30, 2008 Hilary H. Ratner Vice President for Research. Overview. The Research “Engine” Performance NSF Rankings for Total R&D Role of Financing Research “Engine” Parts Dashboard Indicators Initiatives

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Driving Research: Change in Direction

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  1. Driving Research: Change in Direction Board of Governors Meeting January 30, 2008 Hilary H. Ratner Vice President for Research

  2. Overview • The Research “Engine” • Performance • NSF Rankings for Total R&D • Role of Financing • Research “Engine” Parts • Dashboard Indicators • Initiatives • Summary

  3. Undergraduate Research Programs Pre-Award Infrastructure Post-doctoral Trainees Institutional Reputation Faculty Development Institutional Visibility Graduate Student Recruitment & Retention Expenditure Reporting Faculty Recruitment and Retention • Proposals • Grants • Contracts • Gifts Compliance Awards Expenditures Rankings Funding Success Spending Technology Faculty Research Indirect Cost Recovery Government Relations Post-Award Infrastructure Institutional Resources State Appropriation Development Contracts Technology Commercialization Business Operations Tuition Facilities Endowment/ Capital Campaign

  4. Rankings • NSF Total Research and Development • All universities • Public universities • Strategic Plan • Improve Wayne State’s overall ranking according to national measures (2.1.1) • Basis for Rankings • Expenditures • Spending of awards, gifts, institutional resources

  5. Expenditures Rankings

  6. Expenditures Rankings

  7. Proposals • Grants • Contracts • Gifts Awards Expenditures Rankings Funding Success Spending Indirect Cost Recovery Institutional Resources State Appropriation Tuition Endowment/ Capital Campaign

  8. NSF Total R&D—All Institutions

  9. Falling Behind • 10 years ago 68th • Open Forum Misconception • Now 68th is U Hawaii Manoa • To return to 68th this year, need $29 million more in expenditures • Only $8 million separates us from 80th

  10. NSF Expenditures Rankings for Public Institutions

  11. Falling Behind No longer a Top 50 Public Research University First time since 1995 Institutional reputation threatened Core identity 47th is University of Utah $27 million separates us from this position now 41st is now Univ of South Florida $65 million separates us from this position now $25 million separates us from 5 places below

  12. Why Has WSU Dropped? • In 2001, 42nd place • Focus on 10 institutions above us and 10 below us • Where were they in 2006? • 8 institutions stayed same (plus or minus 2 places) • 6 institutions went up (more than 2 places) • 7 institutions went down (more than 2 places)—including WSU

  13. Relation to Institutional Investment Factor that “down” group shares that differs from others? Institutional Resources expended published as part of rankings Looked at percent change between 2001 and 2006 Percent change twice as large for institutions that stayed the same or went up than institutions that went down

  14. How much do Institutional resources impact growth?

  15. Key Anomaly Change in investment for Stony Brook, a “down” institution, was quite different than others in the same group But amount of change between 2001 and 2005 about the same Increased investment considerably in 2006 Ranking improved

  16. How much do Institutional resources impact growth? 20% 80% -2 8 60% -4 6 40% -6 4 -8 Change in Institutional Resources 2 Change in Ranking 0% -10 0 -20% -40% -60% -80% 100%

  17. Variance Between IDC and Investments for WSU Designated ICR

  18. Undergraduate Research Programs Pre-Award Infrastructure Post-doctoral Trainees Institutional Reputation Faculty Development Institutional Visibility Graduate Student Recruitment & Retention Expenditure Reporting Faculty Recruitment and Retention • Proposals • Grants • Contracts • Gifts Compliance Awards Expenditures Rankings Funding Success Spending Technology Faculty Research Indirect Cost Recovery Government Relations Post-Award Infrastructure Institutional Resources State Appropriation Development Contracts Technology Commercialization Business Operations Tuition Facilities Endowment/ Capital Campaign

  19. Research Engine • Parts • Complex • Interactive • Involve entire system • Infrastructure • Human resources • Communications • Investments need to be comprehensive • We need to move quickly, but change in performance likely to take time

  20. Dashboard Indicators • Any evidence that we are changing in the right direction? • Awards • Expenditures of the future • Quarterly—Total, School/College • Proposals • Immediate objective • Future awards • Quarterly—Total, School/College

  21. WSU Q1 2006 through 2008 Awards

  22. Q1Total Awards by S/C/D

  23. WSU Q1Proposals

  24. Total Proposals by S/C/D for Q1

  25. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008

  26. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  27. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  28. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  29. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  30. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  31. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  32. RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)

  33. Summary and Conclusions • Skidding in the rankings • “4 Rs” of strategic plan threatened • Research-Retention-Reputation-Resources • Research enterprise won’t “turn on a dime” • Change isn’t going to happen quickly • We can’t “nickel and dime” response to achieve results • Institutional resources for research have to increase • Key Components • Faculty research, recruitment, retention, development • Infrastructure—”Scientists for the science” • Crisis • Commitment from the entire institution • Shared purpose, flexibility, can’t be business as usual • Sense of urgency

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