Research Policy Committee Prasenjit Guptasarma (P.G.) Chair, RPC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

▶
research policy committee
SMART_READER_LITE
LIVE PREVIEW

Research Policy Committee Prasenjit Guptasarma (P.G.) Chair, RPC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Mar 06, 2023 7 likes •140 views

Report to the UWM Faculty Senate March, 2012 Research Policy Committee Prasenjit Guptasarma (P.G.) Chair, RPC pg@uwm.edu Mission: Research Policy Committee Research Policy Broader impact Support and sustain UWMs mission to become a

slide-1
SLIDE 1

Research Policy Committee

Prasenjit Guptasarma (P.G.) Chair, RPC pg@uwm.edu

Report to the UWM Faculty Senate March, 2012

slide-2
SLIDE 2

Mission: Research Policy Committee

Research Policy Broader impact

  • Support and sustain UWM’s mission to become a

top- notch research university

  • Generate and air new ideas
  • Voice issues faced by researchers.
  • Pro-active.
  • Advisory.
slide-3
SLIDE 3

What do we need to do to get to the next level? Shared Governance (RPC, GFC) Generate ideas

Strategic Planning for Research Exercise

One Steering Committee 8 subcommittees, ~125 broadly represented faculty & staff.

slide-4
SLIDE 4

Research Planning Exercise

8 subcommittees , asking “How to….”

  • 1. Promote strengths and reputation of UWM in education and

research.

  • 2. Assess needs for research space, equipment, and infrastructure.
  • 3. Move Centers of Excellence to the next level.
  • 4. Promote Interdisciplinary research.
  • 5. Re-engineer administrative processes to the needs of a Research

University.

  • 6. Improve partnerships with other institutions, non-profits,

government, industry.

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

research and education.

  • 8. Ensure culture of ethics, inclusivity, and research integrity?
slide-5
SLIDE 5

Details

  • Ideas from Faculty & Staff (Strategic

Planning for Research Exercise).

  • Internal ideas from Graduate School Staff.
  • “Do-ability” (from Grad School view point,

and “low hanging fruit”).

slide-6
SLIDE 6

From: Grad School (MGJ)

slide-7
SLIDE 7
  • ther critical support Infrastructures?

— 're`

  • r

Priority for Grad Sttsoc:

and/or Campus

s

pece or

: -rolerner =ton

EconOtnral to

Implement.

'with. Impact

TOTALS Wrrl IR control c0 GraduWe School

PI I SC 1 VC

IN

yea

WI

sue tighout Ii

^ 1

Pi

4

i

N

Pi

NINININ1M MIM

L [LIN HININ M It

N

44 24

H

23

15 11 21

h

related pie and

IT IMO

M I N

H H H

rt

N

DI

M I N

N 1 N

N

PA

1

MININIm

m

4,

y 25

23 23

21 46 48IN

4

ift4.1

6pInceit

M INIM

H

NINIMIMIM

t are

t

MILILININ HINHri

H

Nt

215

15

11

25

SO 215] H

F art''.

mg

an

d

NININIHIM HININIHM MILIMIM

L

14

HIM HIM

—

23

; 'J

11

23

461 30 I

ii krumpuh

th Desds he ner u take

ma

HIHIMIHI M

in.

TN. H id: Mi

ll

PA

PI I II M

1 i

p i

N

14

ti

p 1

M

N

46 46

L 23

21

25

2-1

then the

N

14

IN

M I M NILIN_m_

17

PA

ML I M

1 1

I MI

MIL

M

IN 17 34 287 Y

17

H

"

H

"

H

.

M

L L

Lib4

M

M1P4114

H

,

__

1

_ _

i

  • —
slide-8
SLIDE 8

9 (C.S.E): Communk.ate and inform the university community as to

the means and processes by which allocations of support staff arc made and ensure that the process is transparent.

_

  • HMMINIMIllm
  • ,

2 1

.

.

I k)

(S,C): Provkie designated parking for research participants, collaborators and partners. Further, ever r nevi plan for building should assess and address parting issues.

M M

^

  • HIML.

N

H

'

LS

11

(E): A well defined mechanism that provides for routine and lime', maintenance and support of shared equipment should be developed and funded.

it it

N

H

Pi

P-Im

,

2S

12

  • (C,E): The efficiency and coot benefits to be gained in internal

wad Meta ftal collabor alive purchasing, Warming and 'hating redeurces for research without the encumbr (Once of state contracts and regulation needs to be explored.

i I N I H M

L

.

1 3 (C'

in vest heavily in suppos t personnel and systems for

r

esealch

and scholarship and, in partkulat. pre and post award support.

iiiHIMINIM

'I m

21

14 (C,E). Support inhastructure must work collaboratively with researchers and re-examine r estrictive policies and procedures to advance the research agenda, especially in computer pus chasing

and n aucn,•.rit in (Offer ent colleges and schools and in

administi.i....c :support to different colleges and schools.

.

N

1t

H

N

IN

_,

m

21

.

slide-9
SLIDE 9

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

Pre-2009 Post-2010

slide-10
SLIDE 10

Graduate School Research Graduate Research Graduate Education Research Policy Committee Graduate Faculty Commitee

Post-2010

Associate Dean Natural Sciences, Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Associate Dean Arts, Humanities & Architecture Associate Dean Social Sciences, Education, & Business Dean Special Assistant to Chancellor

slide-11
SLIDE 11

Graduate Assistants

An oustanding University needs outstanding students – both graduate and undergraduate. Differential stipends for Teaching Assistants. Group of people studying it, represented by members of governance committees.

slide-12
SLIDE 12

Group of people studying it, Members of governance committees and Associate Deans. Before and After:

  • Has it been effective (publications, funding, enthusiasm, return on

investment)?

  • Are there other models for RGI
  • “bridge” funding,
  • “stupid ideas” funding,
  • “get back on your feet” funding,
  • “collect preliminary data” funding)
  • “Instrumentation” funding
slide-13
SLIDE 13

Research Growth & Resources

New Discussions on role of :

  • College/School versus Graduate School
  • Who supports research and distribution of resources for

research: Administrative resources, Research Space, Research funding, Human Capital.