HOWARD W. ODUM INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

1. HOWARD W. ODUM INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE Ken Bollen Director

2. BACKGROUND • Oldest Institute or Center at UNC-CH • Founded in 1924 • Mission: teaching, research, & service for social sciences • Cross-disciplinary focus

3. MAJOR ACTIVITIES • TRAINING • CONSULTING • SURVEYS & CERTIFICATE PROGRAM • DATA ARCHIVE • GRANT SERVICES • INCUBATOR • Center for Urban & Regional Studies • Center for Study of American South

4. Facilities • 90% of Institute space renovated or new since 2000 • Main Computer Lab • GIS Computer Lab • New distance learning classroom • Survey call room

5. Training • Short Courses • 50 to 60 each year • Statistical computing, GIS/spatial analysis, qualitative analysis, survey research, and proposal writing. • From 1 hr. to multiday workshops • Taught by local & worldwide experts • 2,500 people per year

6. Training • Joint Odum/ICPSR Summer Workshops • 5 days long • Cutting-edge content • Multilevel analysis • Applied Bayesian statistics • Latent growth curve models • Social network analysis • Taught by national experts

7. Training • Atlantic Coast Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (AC-SBE) Alliance (4th year) [NSF funded] • Intro to data analysis for new minority PhD students • Draws students from UNC, Howard U., U. of Florida, U. of Maryland, & U. of Miami • Intermediate statistical course for advanced PhD students • Draws students from across the US

8. Consulting • Quantitative Analysis • 3 quantitative social scientists & 4-5 advanced graduate students • One-on-one consulting on statistical issues and spatial analysis

9. Consulting • Qualitative Analysis • Staff expert consultant • One-on-one consulting • Interviewing & observation • Focus groups & text-based computing • Other qualitative methodologies

10. Consulting • Survey Methodology • 3 survey methodologists • One-on-one consulting • Designing interviews & questionnaires • Mail, telephone, and web surveys • Analysis of surveys

11. Survey Methodology • Consulting • Data Collection Services • Telephone, web, & mail surveys • Certificate Program in Survey Methodology • 17 credit hours • partner with U.MD., U.MI., RTI • > 80 participants

12. Data Archive • Odum Institute one of world’s largest • social science data • Harris data archive • NC Vital Statistics • National Network of State Polls

13. Library of Congress Initiative • Member of the Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS) • Other Data-PASS Partners • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan • The Roper Center at the University of Connecticut • The Henry A. Murray Research Archive at Harvard University • The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) • Harvard-MIT Data Center

14. Data Catalog • Odum Virtual Data Center “VDC” • over 3,200 studies, over 42,000 files • Access to world’s largest archives • ICPSR, Odum, Roper, Harvard-MIT • Search surveys at question level • Analyze data prior to download

15. IT Initiatives

16. Video Conferencing Facilities • Used in CPSM semester courses • Flexible and robust • Exploring the educational potential inside and outside the university

17. Syndicated Storage Systems • NARA funded partnership with San Diego Super Computing Center, RENCI, and SILS. • Partnership will test and develop Storage Resource Broker Grids or SRB’s for use in developing a national storage infrastructure for social science data. • Project will also test the integration of leading digital repository systems with each other as well as the new SRB grid.

18. Institute Operations • 2008-09 Annual Budget ≈ $3.4 million • $1.3 million state funds • At least 10% cut in 2009-10 • $2.13 million grants and contracts • 53+ state and grant accounts

19. Institute Operations • Employees • 10 state-funded permanent positions • 13 permanent time-limited positions • 4 graduate student RAs • 30 to 60 temporary employees • Includes graduate & undergraduate students

20. Grant Management • Proposal Development services • Editing • Budgeting • Grants Office processing • Administer grants for faculty

21. Faculty Working Groups • 17 multi-disciplinary faculty working groups • Topics range from genetics to the Internet to early Mediterranean societies • $500-$1,000 budget per group per year pays for outside speakers, RAs, etc. • Annual report on accomplishments

22. “Seed” Grants • Small grants $8K to $15K • Partner with College of Arts & Sciences • Multidisciplinary • Must submit grant proposal within 1 year • 4 awarded 2008-09 • 3 prior seed grants over 2 years • 2 of 3 resulted in funded proposals • ≈$1.1 million in funding

23. SUMMARY • ODUM INSTITUTE OF 2009 DIFFERS FROM 2000 • Physical infrastructure transformed • Computer lab new • GIS lab new • Distance education studio new • Call room expansion • New offices • 80% to 90% of space renovated

24. SUMMARY • ODUM INSTITUTE 2009 vs. 2000 • From • Few grants to few million $s of grants (diversifying support) • Few partners to many partners (RTI, ICPSR, JPSM, SILS, Duke’s SSRI) • Part-time survey consultant to several survey consultants with decades of experience • No survey training to certificate program with 80+ participants • Limited short course offerings to 50 to 60 short courses & semester courses with 2500+ students

25. SUMMARY • ODUM INSTITUTE 2009 vs. 2000 • From • Archive working alone to major leader in social science archiving with key partners • One general consultant for statistics to 3 specialists in social science statistics • Little survey consulting to several consultants • No spatial analysis to GIS lab and PhD consultant

26. SUMMARY • GOAL • Leading institute in the nation for support of social science research • Already serve as model for Duke, Indiana, & other universities • CHALLENGES • 25% funding cut in real dollars since 2000 • Next level requires new money • Masters in survey research • Survey center capacity increased • Distance education short courses • More space (central campus key to much of our activity)