Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Units and Programs April 2010.
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Transcript of Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Units and Programs April 2010.
Recent Research HighlightsTwo NSF Science and Technology Centers
• Hsia, Gillette, Bashir and Saif partner on “Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems”
• Coleman, Kumar and Milenkovic partner on “Frontiers of Science of Information”
Gerlt NIH “Glue Grant” for Enzyme Functionality Initiative
Illinois Historian Antoinette Burton wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Richard Powers elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters
Recent awards relating to Health• Gunter HHS grant for Strategic Healthcare IT Advanced Research
Projects on Security (SHARPS)
• Saif NSF grant “Regulation of Cancer Cell Metastasis by Mechanical Force”
Recent Research Highlights
Three NSF Awards Connect Social Science and Science Research
• Geographically dispersed R&D teams (Betty Barrett)
• Diversity and turnover in research labs (Aparna Joshi)
• Stakeholder alignment in complex systems ( Joel Cutcher-Gershonfeld)
Last week, six single investigator NSF awards totaling $1.93M and two NIH totaling $663K demonstrate our faculty’s success in obtaining external funding
Tremendous faculty response to stimulus funding opportunities (April 2010 data)
• 146 awards ($122M )
FY08 Total R&D Expenditures reported to NSF were $501,279,000, a 6% increase over FY07
Federal$267M, 53%
Other$14.9M, 3%
State$36.9M, 7%
Industry$20.7M, 4%
Institutional$161.8M, 32%
The VCR Manages Units and Programs
Research Institutes
Research Compliance
Research Services
Campus Research Board
Strategic Programs
www.research.illinois.edu
Research Institutes and Scholarship
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Institute for Genomic Biology
Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
Beckman Institute
Center for Advanced Study
Shepherding New Campus Research Initiatives
Interactions with Deans, Center Directors• Energy
• Advanced Digital Sciences Center In Singapore
• Bringing together Campus excellence in Health – Division of Biomedical Sciences
• Climate Change
Research Compliance Units
Human Subjects (and Scientific Diving)
Animal Care and Use
Research Standards
Research Safety – Bio, Chem, Radiation
Conflict of Interest Management
Stem Cells
Ensure research and economic development are carried out in compliance with federal regulations and university policies
Research ComplianceMandated burden on faculty is significant and increasing (FDP
Survey)
Appointed VCR Research Compliance Advisory Committee
Conducted Client Surveys
Hosted “town meeting” to present survey results• Respondents were generally satisfied regarding the courtesy, support and
responsiveness shown by the staff in the various units.
• While researchers understand and support the need for compliance oversight and process, they are frustrated by the time devoted to protocol submission and review processes.
Initiated development of web-based solutions
Research Board Summary – FY09232 requests totaled $3.88M million (23.3% Fine and Applied
Arts, 22.4% Humanities, 12.9% Life Sciences and Agriculture, 13.8% Physical Sciences and Engineering, 19% Social Sciences and Education).
$2.1million awarded (19.8% Fine and Applied Arts, 27.1% Humanities, 10.2% Life Sciences and Agriculture, 14.1% Physical Sciences and Engineering, 20.9% Social Sciences and Education).
Approximately half of the funding was awarded to support research assistantships.
Scholars' Travel Fund awards in FY09 totaled $356,125 for 451 requests, compared to $390,996 for 550 requests in FY08.
Research Board News
No reduction in institutional funding for FY1
Applications will become electronic
Two submission deadlines per semester
Looking at innovative ways to support nascent potentially transformational ideas
Proposal development workshops will be offered.
National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsHome of the Blue Waters Supercomputing Systems for
Petascale Computing
Deploying systems targeted to discipline-based researchers and their problems
Large-scale supercomputing and data resources available to researchers on and off campus
Expert User Services
NCSA Faculty Fellows Program and IACAT
http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu
Institute for Genomic Biology
Advancing life science research and stimulating bio-economic development in the state of Illinois
The $75 million, 186,000 square foot state-of-the-art IGB facility houses approximately 400 researchers in nine thematic areas.
Home to the BP-funded Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI)
www.igb.illinois.edu
Institute of Natural Resource SustainabilityIncorporates five Illinois State Surveys into a single
Institute within the University• Illinois State Geological Survey
• Illinois State Water Survey
• Illinois Natural History Survey
• Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
• Illinois State Archaeological Survey
The $42 million institute has 540 employees
www.research.illinois.edu/inrswww.research.illinois.edu/inrs