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Summary of the Report to THECB April 2010. UTSA Strategic Plan for Research. Vision. To become a premier public research university providing access to educational excellence Interdisciplinary focus on: Health Security Energy and Environment Sustainability Human and Social Development.
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Summary of the Report to THECB April 2010 UTSA Strategic Plan for Research
Vision • To become a premier public research university providing access to educational excellence • Interdisciplinary focus on: • Health • Security • Energy and Environment • Sustainability • Human and Social Development
2009 Expenditures by Funding Source Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
2009 Expenditures by Federal Agency Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
2009 Research Expenditures by Field of Study Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
Plan to Increase Research Funding • selective hiring in these targeted areas • multidisciplinary institutes • external partnerships & collaborations • seed funding for collaborations • increase graduate student support
Advanced Manufacturing Archeological Research Water Research ICARE Cyber Security Real Time Simulation & Visualization Child and Adolescent Policy High Performance Computing SALSI Infectious Diseases
01/08 Research Partnerships CPS Energy SAWS Energy Industry Governments University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio South Texas Technology Management (STTM) Military UT Austin Permian Basin Brownsville International Southwest Foundation forBiomedicalResearch (SFBR) Other EducationalInstitutions Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
Undergraduate Education • updating enrollment management • increasing our support for enrolled students • increase student success indicators
Key Performance Indicators • % incoming freshman from the top quartile in high school • proportion of graduate students • first-to second-year persistence • four- and six-year graduation rates • ratio of FTE students to student headcount • number of baccalaureate graduates pursuing advanced degree programs
New Doctoral Programs Designed to: • Complement the areas of UTSA’s research excellence • Meet regional needs and impact • Ed.D. in Child and Adolescent Development • Ph.D. in Psychology • Ph.D. in Economics • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering • Ph.D. in Translational Sciences
Faculty Development • work-loads (time for research) • recognition of research accomplishments • seed grants for collaborative research • Expanded research infrastructure • Research mentoring of new faculty
The Competition for Tier 1 * 2015
Basis for Research Growth Projections • Alignment with Federal priorities (e.g. Health, Energy, Cyber security) • Stimulus (ARRA) seeding new projects • SALSI funding seeding new projects • New research faculty hires • Research facilities (e.g. AET) • Expanded external research partnerships • Commercialization of intellectual property