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BUILDING A CLIMATE FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS
IN A NON-RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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Pablo Picasso
Action is the foundational key to all success.
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Building your Program
1.There are no simple fixes
2.This will not happen overnight
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The World View
Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE)
June 20, 2008 Issue
The R1 Paradigm and the Job Search
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CHE
For a long time now, the worldview that dominates at research universities (“The R1 Paradigm”) has also dominated the rest of higher education. High research productivity, relatively low emphasis on teaching, and indifference to, if not disdain for, service activities are large parts of that worldview.
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CHE
Its dominance can condition the behavior of both candidates and institutions in ways that are neither productive nor helpful. Graduate students who reach the job market are generally high achievers in highly competitive research environments, and have naturally absorbed the values of their mentors whose backgrounds fall within a select circle of research universities. Search committees are filled with people who have been trained and acculturated at those same select research universities.
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CHE
The challenge for both candidates and committees comes in the collision between the R1 paradigm and institutional and market realities. The great majority of faculty positions exist outside research universities, at institutions ranging from two-year colleges to regional master’s universities.
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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University Mission
What does it say? Is Research mentioned?
Does your institution have a strategic plan? Is Research a part of the strategic plan? If yes, what are the goals? What resources have been allocated to
achieve that goal? What are the
measures/benchmarks/metrics that will be used to judge success?
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Research Environmentand Mission
Understand your environment What does your administration
expect from the research function Major or minor player Resources allocated
Increasing, decreasing or static
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Building your Foundation
Think about your answers to the previous questions Assess your environment Develop a plan Execute Measure Re-Assess Make changes Execute
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Research Environment
What are the elements of a research focused institution? Facilitation of the grants process
Policy development Procedure development Mediation
Faculty, Institution, Sponsor Coordination of compliance issues Dissemination of funding
opportunities
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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Policy Development
What is/should be the focus Keep policy as policy, not
procedure Standard policies
Pre award Post award Compliance Contracting Authorities
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Policy Development
Look at your peers You don’t have to develop, but
make them your own Beg Borrow Or otherwise acquire…..
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Procedure Development
Keep procedure as procedure, not policy
This is what you update frequently, not policy
Minimum review – once a year Again – keep current
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Procedure Development
Look at your peers You don’t have to develop, but
make them your own…. Beg Borrow Or otherwise acquire…..
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Mediation
Decide how your institution wants to handle official contacts with sponsoring agencies
Decide who your institution wants to handle official contacts with sponsoring agencies
***WRITE THIS DOWN***
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Organization Structure
First – there is no right or wrong structure
Second – there is a best fit Third – Best fits may change
over time.
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Organization structure
Types United under Academic Affairs
(AA) United under University
Advancement (UA) (Development) United under Business Affairs (BA) Split – Under AA-UA and BA
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Compliance
OK, we now have a growing research enterprise, now what?
Understand your compliance issues
Responsibilities should be defined
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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Fostering Activity
You can lead a horse to water…..
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Sam Walton
If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
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Fostering Activity
Find what you are good at and stick to it
Find what you have an interest in and promote it
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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Connecting to the classroom
Focus on curricular elements, teaching and learning
strategies that develop critical research skills
curricular infrastructure that enhances a research-supportive curriculum
administrative contributions that initiate and sustain a research-supportive curriculum.
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Connecting to the classroom
There are curricular approaches, methods and techniques which can be developed for certain courses and programs of study to enhance the research experience of students and the research culture of their institutions.
Also think of curricular approaches to build research skills such as inquiry-based laboratories and interdisciplinary courses and programs.
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Connecting to the classroom
As discussed earlier, institutional infrastructure and assessment practices that promote a research-supportive curriculum are vital
Faculty and the administration should have an understanding of their role in nurturing a curriculum to support a research culture.
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Connecting to the classroom
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is a good resource for information on connecting research to the academic experience for our students.
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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Needs
You need a Champion…
Go find and build one
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Promote your office
Tell your successes regularly via: Campus Newsletters &
Newspapers Your web page Email blasts to campus
Use your campus media/publications office for support
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Promote your office
Via classes and other training opportunities Use email, your web page, your
campus professional development office and campus signs/flyers
Special Promotional Services For special events or functions
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Promote your office
Have an open house Faculty like free food
Monogrammed shirts for staff Research brochure (aka “a
glossy”) Attend campus events Go visit Deans and Chairs Consider certification programs
for staff
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Promote your office
If you don’t, no one else
will
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Agenda
Discussion Topics Adoption of a research environment
consistent with the institutional mission Organization structure & policies Fostering a climate to build sponsored
program activity Connecting research to the classroom Promoting your office Development of skills related to gaining
external and institutional research support
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Skills Development
Attendance today is a great start
Continue professional development Drive in workshops On-campus events Peer reviews
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Dale Carnegie
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by
people who have kept on trying when there seemed
to be no hope at all.
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Questions
W Scott Erwin, Sr. CGFM, CRADirector, Office of Sponsored Programs
Texas State University601 University Drive, JCK 420
San Marcos, Texas 78666Phone: 512-245-2102 Fax: 512-245-1822
[email protected]; www.txstate.edu/research