November 16, 2016 4-5pm AGENDA RFP 1. Hiring plans a. Startup - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

November 16, 2016 4-5pm

AGENDA

1.

RFP

a.

Hiring plans

b.

Startup plans

c.

Space plans

d.

Curriculum development

e.

Bio Sketches for core faculty

2.

Moving the UCF Needle

3.

Deans’, Directors’, & Chairs’ letters

4.

General questions and discussion time

From pages 6 & 7 of the RFP document

¡ Goal: Hire the best TEAM to solve the problem.

§ Hires should not only fill a strategic area in the cluster BUT must

also strengthen their home department

¡ Recruiting interdisciplinary scholars, problem solvers, non-

traditional disciplines

¡ Where do you plan to recruit? § How will you recruit a diverse candidate pool? ¡ Market value of recruits (GIS geographer vs. political scientist) § Salary disparity

From the Deans’ and Chairs’ Perspective:

¡ Distribution of hires § What happens if one participating college/dept. does not “get” a

hire?

¡ Example from GIS § 4 participating departments; 3 hires; in 2 depts. ¡ Timeline for hires § Ex. Hire the anchor first and incorporate them into hiring

remaining cluster?

§ Ex. Hire all members in one pool based on needed areas

¡ Startup should be driven by the collective cluster—not the

sum of the individual startups.

¡ What does the cluster need to be successful? ¡ Splitting the startup package among individuals and cluster

(%/%). The goal is for individuals to get more than they would individually by being part of cluster.

¡ Generalize pool for all members for shared resources/staff? ¡ Different infrastructure needs: sharing of space & resources ¡ Different “disciplines” have different startup needs

¡ Faculty start dates in Fall 2018 ¡ Co-location of cluster—does this matter? ¡ Cluster will be given priority in space allocation

(both in existing space and new buildings)

¡ Space is an issue

§ Short-term plans (2018-2020) § Long-term plans (2020-beyond)

¡ Interdisciplinary Research (IRIF) building phase 1 & 2

(est. Aug. 2017 & Dec. 2017) laboratories & offices

¡ When downtown opens, on-campus space will be

vacated—potential use for clusters. (Fall 2019)

¡ Fall 2018 ~13,000 sq ft of mainly office/collaboration

space should become available.

¡ Optimization of current space

§ Clearly articulate vision and potential renovations if

planned

¡ Focus on interdisciplinary areas § Courses at both undergraduate and graduate

levels with students from multiple disciplines

▪ Development of team taught courses at both levels

§ Potential certificate programs § Potential degree programs § Address need for these courses/programs if

possible

¡ A Bio Sketch of

each core faculty member is needed in the full proposal

¡ Word Template

will be available

• n the FCI website,

Resources & FAQ section.

How will your cluster achieve the following?

¡ National or international prominence; ¡ Integration with the university’s new Collective Impact Strategic

Plan;

¡ Scholarly and creative works that can help address challenging

societal problems facing us in the coming century;

¡ Enhanced capacity to develop a robust, diverse, and recurring

funding base that is commensurate with the proposed scholarly area;

¡ Scholarly output that would have an influence across multiple

disciplines;

¡ Strengthened undergraduate/graduate education at UCF (i.e.

increase quality of our student body and increase the number of research degrees); and

¡ Proposed recruiting strategy for the cluster.

• 1. 1 joint letter from the participating

Deans/VPs

• 2. 1 joint letter from the participating

Directors/Chairs

¡ Address both letters to the Provost

• 1. Brief overview
• 2. Discuss how this cluster fits into the strategic

priorities of the participating colleges/units and the Collective Impact Strategic Plan for the University

• 3. Hiring Plan / Startup costs / Space commitment
• 4. Convince the Provost that this cluster will move the

needle for UCF and that each of the participating colleges/units are willing to share resources and infrastructure to facilitate the success of the cluster.

1.

Discuss how this cluster fits into the strategic priorities of the participating departments

2.

Discuss if the participating departments’ faculty are ready for interdisciplinary scholarship and evaluating participating faculty appropriately (i.e. tenure/promotion)

3.

How will the cluster hires strengthen participating departments?

4.

Discuss how the departments participate in this cluster if they do not “get” a hire; are they still willing to collaborate with the cluster?

¡ Work with your Deans, Directors & Chairs ¡ Full proposals (10-page) and both letters due

• Feb. 3, 2017 5:00 PM, to facultycluster@ucf.edu

¡ Two pdf documents:

• 1. Proposal, Appendix, Core Faculty Bio Sketches
• 2. Letters from Deans & Directors/Chairs