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Mission: Research Policy Committee

Research Policy Committee Used to be

• Support Dean of Graduate School
• Responsive to issues initiated by Graduate School
• Draft and vote on matters of Policy (e.g., how to

distribute spent awards).

Mission: Research Policy Committee

Broader impact

• Support and sustain UWM’s mission to become a

top-tier research university

• Generate and air new ideas
• Voice issues faced by researchers.
• Competitive intramural support of research
• More pro-active.
• More advisory (to campus).

Graduate School: VP Research Research Policy Committee Graduate Faculty Commitee Graduate School: Dean Graduate Education

Post 2012

Provost

Name Change Research Policy Committee to Research Policy & Advisory Committee (RPAC)

Broader impact All Aspects of “Research” on campus. More inclusive Add NEW elected members (fac and staff) Add NEW ex-officio members

Functions of RPAC

• 1. In collaboration with other committees, promote strengths and

research reputation of UWM.

• 2. Advocate for needs for research space, equipment, and

infrastructure.

• 3. Assist in establishment of Centers of Excellence.
• 4. Promote Individual and Interdisciplinary research.
• 5. Help re-engineer administrative processes to the needs of a

Research University.

• 6. Support partnerships with other institutions, non-profits, government,

industry.

• 7. Raise budgeting and incentive needs to meet ambitions for

research and graduate education.

• 8. Ensure culture of ethics, inclusivity, and research integrity.

Activities in 2012-13

• 1. Charter and Function.
• 2. Advocate for increase of graduate student (especially TA) stipends.
• 3. Why are fringe benefits on grants still high?
• 4. RGI-style initiatives.
• 5. Distribution of royalties.
• 6. Processes (e.g., Centers of Research Excellence).
• 7. Research Futures Study Group
• 8. Campus Strategic Planning

Research Growth Initiative

Shows clear positive impact on subsequent research, scholarship, and funding of RGI awardees as a whole, all across campus A study has been completed by Graduate School (Doug Woods) Proposals to establish other RGI-like awards to support other types of research.

Return on Investment

• RGI Invested $4,405,980/yr in Campus $ during

years 1-4

• Net gain in extramural dollars per year ($18m-

$7.5m)

• ROI
• $2.4 in new money for

every dollar campus invests in the RGI

Percentage of RGI Funds Applied For By Division

74 21 5

NSEH SSEB AHA

RGI Success by Division

Division # Proposals # Funded % Success NSEH 544 119 23 SSEB 149 22 15 AHA 49 13 26

RGI Summary

• RGI increases amount requested and amount

awarded, but not number of proposals submitted

• RGI associated with increased efficiency in grant writing
• RGI has no impact on scholarly productivity
• RGI may increase professional visibility
• Receiving RGI has positive impact on climate
• Impact on non recipients?
• RGI has a 2.4 to 1 ROI

Developing research at UWM Developing International Research Stature is critical to being “top-tier”. Name recognition Successful funding.

Support Infrastructure to perform extramurally funded research at UWM Incentives to run a high-intensity research program at UWM

Developing research at UWM

Developing research at UWM

Important to grow high-quality research in all areas:

• Languages
• Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Professions
• Fine Arts
• Sciences
• Engineering
• …..

Developing research at UWM

• e.g., Humanities, Social Sciences: markers of

international recognition-

– Elected fellowships in Academies; – Markers of recognition (e.g, Guggenheim, ACLS fellowships) ; – Grants (Fulbright, Rockefeller, Ford, American Philosophical Society, NEH, Humboldt, Freeman fellowships); – National and international awards; – Publications of books published by major peer-reviewed international publishers (Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford...); – Book prizes, or books translated into other languages.

Identifying Markers of High-Quality Research

Developing research at UWM

• e.g., Sciences & Engineering: markers of success

and international recognition – – High Impact international publications; citations. – Competitive extramural Grant funding at national level; – Patents and other licensable products; – National/international awards & recognitions – Invited Talks; – Elected fellowships in Academies; – Other markers of recognition (e.g., national and international awards, certain international fellowships).

Identifying Markers of High-Quality Research

Peer reviewed Funding Competitive Research Markers of High Quality Research

Growing UWM into a top Research University

International Name Recognition