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Conducting Research Amid Fiscal Constraints
Kelvin K. DroegemeierVice President for Research
University of Oklahoma
APLU Council on Research Programs and Graduate Education12 November 2012
Today’s Complex Environment
Job AvailabilityState Funding
Publ
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STEM
Perform
ance
Regu
latio
nsMOOCS
High Enrollments
Costs
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
1.4%
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
Trends in Federal R&Dpercent of GDP
Total R&D
Development
Research
Facilities
Source: Up to 1994 - National Science Foundation / National Center for Scienceand Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development;1995 to Present - AAAS Report: Research and Development series;GDP figures are from Budget of the U.S. Government FY 2013.
FY 2012 and FY 2013 figures are latest estimates.© 2012 AAAS
The Federal R&D Budget
1.2%-7.4%
-1.5%-1.5%
0.0%0.2%
1.4%2.2%2.4%
4.6%7.6%
9.3%9.6%
12.1%16.2%17.0%
31.7%18.1%
-10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
TOTALDOD S&T
DOD OtherUSDA
NIHVA
EPANASA
DOE ScienceNSF
USGSOther HHS
DOE DefenseNOAA
DOE EnergyDOTDHSNIST
R&D in the FY 2013 Budgetpercent change from FY 2012
Source: OMB R&D data, agency budget justifications, and other agency documents.© 2012 AAAS
DOD "S&T" = DOD R&D in "6.1" through "6.3" categories
The Federal R&D Budget
Sequestration (or Some Form of Cuts)
Source: AAAS
-7.8%-17.4%
-11.5%-9.5%
-8.0%0.2%
-6.6%-5.8%-5.6%
-3.4%-0.4%
1.3%-0.4%
4.1%8.2%9.0%
23.7%10.1%
-20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30%
TOTALDOD S&T
DOD OtherUSDA
NIHVA
EPANASA
DOE ScienceNSF
USGSOther HHS
DOE DefenseNOAA
DOE EnergyDOTDHSNIST
R&D in the FY 2013 Budget + Sequester?percent change from FY 2012
Source: AAAS estimates based on OMB R&D data, agency budget justifications, and the Budget Control Act.© 2012 AAAS
DOD "S&T" = DOD R&D in "6.1" through "6.3" categories
Sequestration (or Some Form of Cuts)
Regulations Since 1991 + No New Funds
The Funding Burden on Universities
Source: AAAS
What’s Driving the Increase?Unfunded Compliance MandatesUnrecovered Indirect Costs ($4.7B in FY 2010)Mandated Cost Sharing (even if IDC is reduced or not paid at all)Institutional Investments (buildings, equipment, facilities)
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb
Average Revenues for Major Public Universities AY08-09
Source: NSB Companion to 2012 S&E Indicators
State Appropriations as a Function of Total Operating Revenue
Source: NSB Companion to 2012 S&E Indicators
State Appropriations Per Enrolled Student at Public Universities
Source: NSB Companion to 2012 S&E Indicators
Enrollment at Major Public Universities
Source: NSB Companion to 2012 S&E Indicators
Average Expenditures for Major Public Universities AY08-09
Source: NSB Companion to 2012 S&E Indicators
Connecting the Two…
Revenues Costs
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• The cost “story” is complex and not easily explained or understood
• Key question is the value proposition of research in higher education – and possible impacts of research on UG tuition
• Late-career researchers delaying retirement• Strong competition (for research faculty and graduate
students) from international players• Continued strong emphasis on universities as engines
of economic development – rising to the challenge
Key Challenges
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• Debt and deficit control• STEM education reform• Regulatory environment• Cost containment in higher education• International collaboration• Global competitiveness with US superiority• Short-term view/practical outcomes• Performing only research that “really
matters”
The DC Conversation
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• By planning for and not being caught unaware when the highly-likely change occurs!
How Do We Remain at the Cutting Edge in Research?
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• Via collaboration and leveraging• Should be but often isn’t in the academic culture• NSF is a wonderful example (e.g., Global Research Council,
I-CORPS, OneNSF, INSPIRE, CREATIV), including considerable new emphasis on international activities
• Regional initiatives, university consortia • Intra-state collaboration (OneOklahoma concept) – reduce
redundancy and contain costs• Engagement of the social/behavioral/economic sciences
• Faculty must see themselves as more than individual entrepreneurs
How Do We Remain at the Cutting Edge in Research?
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• By adding to the undergraduate experience an opportunity for authentic, original scholarship• Modern STEM pedagogy (engaged learning)• Undergraduate scholarship in many forms – all disciplines• Will take significant changes by faculty + rewards/incentives• Will see significant Federal funding for STEM and work
related to it (i.e., authentic research)
• By De-investing in or shutting down facilities and partnering with other institutions to reduce duplication• This isn’t something we do well at the national level
How Do We Remain at the Cutting Edge in Research?
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• By building more (and more effective) linkages with private industry and applied R&D agencies• Key to innovation and wealth creation• Key to economic diversification in states• Important for workforce development• Pesky IP issues and historical views of universities as
difficult to work with must be addressed
• Universities weren’t structured to do this (philosophically or administratively) but are improving!
How Do We Remain at the Cutting Edge in Research?
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• By providing resources to help faculty think long term about and develop their research programs and competitive grant proposals – so called “Research Program Development”• Not an inherent skill among all faculty• Universities have lots of resources for students – need to not forget
faculty!• Alignments with national initiatives and priorities (more applied R&D,
industry partnerships vis-à-vis I-CORPS and other programs)
• Becoming involved in fixing key national policies (e.g., F&A recovery, cost sharing)
• Showing that we understand and are willing to help with big-picture issues (debt and deficit), as APLU and AAU are doing
How Do We Remain at the Cutting Edge in Research?
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• Remember “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste?• Wonderful TV spots now being produced by NCAA, athletic
conferences – but seen by a limited audience• We take our message to the Hill but not to those who employ
our public servants – the public• The concerns are not coming from the Hill but to it • Could AAU, APLU, AAAS, ACS, etc. partner with DoEd, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, Ad Council, and others on a TV messaging campaign that tells the real story?• Consistent messaging of value, importance of reform (e.g., cost
containment), impacts on daily lives, key to nation’s future• Feature well respected people (e.g., Bob Gates)• Supplement with individual institution inserts + personal activities
(talks by faculty, open houses, etc)
A Possible Messaging Strategy
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• History upholds the basis of our argument for the value of research in higher education
• But the world of today is not the world of yesterday – our approach and arguments must be made differently in order to restore public trust in higher education as a public good
In Summary