Insights on VPR Leadership: Lessons from Experienced Workshop Leaders
Explore the diverse experiences and insights shared by seasoned workshop leaders in the field of Vice President for Research (VPR) during the COR Summer Meeting Series. Gain valuable perspectives on navigating challenges, building successful research programs, and fostering strategic partnerships for research advancement.
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COR Summer Meeting Series: New and Future VPR Workshop Workshop Leaders/ Planning Team: Mark McLellan, University of North Texas Terri Goss Kinzy, Western Michigan University Alicia Knoedler, Exaptive, Inc. Doug Delahanty, Kent State University Jane Strasser, University of Cincinnati Jason Carter, Montana State University Robert Nobles, Emory University Tia Freelove, APLU Bethany Johns, APLU
Poll What is your role?
So youre the Vice President for Research .A world of sometimes minimal power and even less cash but amazing opportunity to make a difference Mark R. McLellan, Vice President for Research & Innovation Terri Goss Kinzy, Vice President for Research & Innovation
Mark Cornell University 18 years Department Chair (4 years) NE Food Venture Center Texas A&M 6 years Research Institute Director Built $10M Natl Center for E-Beam Research University of Florida 6 years Dean for Research (IFAS) Move $ from 50M to 115M in 5 years Utah State University 7 years VPR & Dean of Graduate Studies Landed state funding ($2.5M recurring for graduate students) Faculty Fellows TEDxUSU and USU Ignite Portland State University 1 year Urban focused public Integrating Res Admin, Grad and Strategic Partnerships New president, New Provost, New VPR, New Engineering Dean ALL outside hires President want to double research University of North Texas 6 months 40,000 students, Carnegie R1 Young Research University Well established leadership Instructions: Be Nice, Grow Sponsored Research Possible Findings: McLellan can t keep a job McLellan likes different bosses McLellan likely has seen a few things Many are far better than me and likely better than each of us so let s use each other to build our success.
Terri University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 18 years Western Michigan University 2 years Reorganized an entire operation, added post award again Director, RWJMS, Rutgers University, Princeton University M.D. Ph.D. Program and Assistant Dean for Medical Scientist Training 5 years Established external contacts and internal partnerships Associate then Sr Associate Dean Graduate School 6 years Got a donor who was mad at the university for 7 years to release significant funds for start ups Interim Sr. Assoc. Dean for Research 3 years THEN 2 universities merge New president, New Provost, New VP Diversity, VP Marketing, VP Advancement, VP Gov. Affairs ALL outside hires Rutgers University 4 years Associate VPR for Administration then VP for Research (reporting to the Sr. VP) Increased corporate research 25% for 3 straight years Possible Findings: Led a newly merged office and integrated new units like post award Kinzy cannot decide what she wants to do Developed new research development program Kinzy likes a challenge Kinzy learned something from McLellan 4 years ago
Mark Sponsored Programs/Projects Customers billing and accounts receivable Faculty (How are we doing?) Contracts vs. Grants Chairs (Dept Heads) Contract negotiation Deans Need Faculty relationship Sponsors SPA Representing the faculty Research Council/Council of PIs Subcontracts & Monitoring Pre-Award (proposal submission) F&A (true vs effective) Deadlines Your system for tracking Kuali, etc. Limited submission (processes) Training Systems Post-Award Public Access to Data? Reports Have a policy? Follow Policy Procedures? Closeout Story: What happens when the DOJ comes knocking Financial Compliance (allowability of expenditures, adherence to sponsor spending restrictions)
Terri Research Development How? Grantsmanship Training - Grads Strategic Plan? Grant Polishing Institutes/boot-camps on site and off Goals, Strategies, Programs Washington DC and regional Agency immersion (See next slide) Funding Opportunities Web based RD pre and post COVID 19 Centers & Institutes Proposal Development The dreaded limited submission game Contract Grant specialist for big proposals Help: NORDP Story: ROI: How to convince an economist to give you funds to hire a RD professional. Grant editors vs PD specialists Grantsmanship Training Faculty
Mark Have a plan! Don t go timidly, but don t go blindly
Terri Core and/or Shared-Use Facilities Real versus kinda real Clinics and Clinical Services (Health) Animals HIPPA Compliant? Labs Covered Entity: Electronically - furnish, bill, or receive payment - health care Instruments (and from MRI/ SIG grants) HIPPA Privacy Rule: Use and disclosure of individuals health information Contract Services Expert consultation HIPPA Security Rule: protecting certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form Scientific Development External Services (Rates?) Maintenance Costs? Business Associate: help carry out its health care activities and functions Consider a State-wide agreement F&A Contract specific & Security Rule generally University Classes? Fee Structures? Risk: Who Pays the Fine when a breach happens! Recover costs or subsidize? Cyber Liability Insurancelimits Encourage use? Story: How running a core facility helps you become a VPR
Mark Centers and Institutes Wow big variation Sometimes big and organized Other times: Prof Tom s favorite stuff Step 1: Define what is a University vs College vs Professorial-based center Step 2: Inventory Institutes generally have centers How will people play together? Access Leadership Reporting to Story: Building clocks versus telling time
Terri Economic Development Partnerships, Partnerships, Partnerships Access to the university Foot in the door: It s about talent! Private sector engagement Single point of contact Exposure & Opportunity Public-Private Partnerships Workforce Development Technology Transfer Technology Commercialization Corporate Relations Finding Solutions Metrics???? Story: Kumbaya: people across the university share info and not feel like competitors
Mark Research Compliance (Yuck!) ( keeping the boss & yourself out of jail) Hire dedicated experts! Clinical Research Biosafety keeping records Individual Conflict of Interest HR Story Institutional Conflict of Interest Hazardous Materials Management Human Subjects (AAHRPP) Radiation Safety Human Research Participant Protection (IRB) - HHS Animal Care and Use (IACUC) Research Integrity (misconduct) Environmental Health and Safety Research Ethics policy vs policing Export Controls Fundamental Research Exclusion? HAVE A SOLID POLICY Controlled un-Classified Information HAVE DETAILED PROCEDUREs Classified Information (501C3 ?) FOLLOW Both religiously!!!! Data Security and Privacy Story: Policies, procedures and hoaxes
Terri China & the FBI (Double Yuck!) Remember, first we are a university Second, appreciate the need to protect intellectual property Proactively establish an FBI relationship Have a good Conflict of Interest Policy Have a good procedure for COI disclosure. Don t go it alone: Provost, General Council Its still ongoing even with COVID-19 maybe more Require disclosure require compliance STORY: June 13th Dr. Xifeng Wu, resignes from MD Andersen Cancer Research Center (Bloomberg Business Week). --- Read my lips: Disclosure!
Break time ! Stretch Hydrate Take dog out Make sure Frozen 2 is still playing for the kids Others Be back in 5 minutes!
COR Summer Meeting Series June 4 - Managing International Research in the Post COVID-19 Era June 11 - Toward Safe and Inclusive Research Environments: Eradicating Sexual Harassment June 18 - Public Impact Research in the Time of COVID-19 June 25 - From Crisis to Strength: The Future University Research Enterprise July New and Future VPR/VCR Virtual Workshop All meetings take place 1:30-3:30 PM Eastern
Mark Research Operations/Business Operations Staff HR budgets and finance research admin space Logistics & Events planning Project Mngt Team Communications Your Executive Team Your Directors Your Staff Diversify your thinking !!! Consider a Faculty Fellow Explore collaborative decision making Empowers your folks It s ok to be wrong! Story: 30 on Thursdays ( https://bit.ly/2tIglhA )
Terri Research Communications today (not yesterday ;-) Know your audience Communicate to your audience Segregate your channels Aim your message Use the tools Print Web Facebook Instagram SnapChat Twitter @kinzytg & @McLellanNews Get free PR TV, local NPR Test your Message (A or B) Story: How COVID 19 made me a star on local TV
Mark Government Relations If you do own it you definitely need to work with it ! If you don t own it you likely pay for it & you still must work with it! State Relations Addressing research issues Higher Ed Appropriations Ie. Sub contracts to private entities Federal Relations Addressing research issues Appropriations language program by program funding levels & language APLU - COR DC Consultants (Lobbyist) Story: Funding but only for STEM thank you very much
Terri Undergraduate Research Resources to fund the undergrad hands-on experience Resources to fund Undergrad travel to technical meetings Connections!!! Bringing faculty and Undergrads together Research Week/Day Presentation experience with full review National: Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Research for all not just honors students Senior project versus independent research Training grants!! Story: NSF Idea Machine: when 2 freshman beat out faculty for best ideas
Mark School of Graduate Studies It is a pendulum see you in 10 years! A world-class research program DEPENDS upon a strong graduate program A world-class graduate training program DEPENDS upon a strong research program Research Assistantships, Startups, Retention, Linking faculty Programs The four biggies Mentoring Recruitment Management Funding Story: Building graduate tuition into grants.
Terri Postdoctoral Fellow Training and Mentoring Individual faculty, research groups, and laboratories training, mentoring, and professional development postdoc office? tracking postdoctoral appointees and other non- faculty research staff with doctorates for the purposes of the Carnegie Classifications (http://carnegieclassificatio ns.iu.edu/methodology/bas ic.php). National Postdoc Association Short term Employees Retirement payments ? STORY: We are NOT students!
Mark Internal Funding Seed grants to fund initial funding Equipment funding Use Associate VPR decision body Matching Funds Bridging Funds Special College Initiatives Startups Retention Special Requests PowWow Faculty Incentives and Rewards Faculty Awards Bottom line there is never enough Story: I had far more money as a dean
Terri Relationships We already talked about your staff The president Other Vice Presidents (B&F) The provost (Shared goals?) Deans Faculty Hires Dept Heads (Chairs) Faculty Represent them Teach them Hold them accountable Federal Delegation What does that grant mean? State representatives Federal Lobbyist/consultant Sponsors Community Kiwanis Club, Local chamber etc. State Higher Ed Appropriations Story: Peter S. Amenta MD PhD School of Executive Leadership: Let s do lunch
Mark Research Data and Analytics research performance measure what matters annual research expenditures annual new awards Partner: Institutional Research and Reporting Contract Services (maybe for the rich ) Bottomline need to tell your story Story: Talk to the Faculty before you jump
Terri COVID-19 You knew we had to discuss this People are looking for you to lead Its not the first catastrophe for research (even if it might be the worst) Understand even the best faculty are facing huge issues like on line teaching Your staff is under severe pressure and a lot you don t know about Watch for greater impact on some groups (female faculty, students) Opening is harder than closing Share what research your university is doing (not just drugs and vaccines!) Capitalize on opportunities for funding, but also serve (panels) Where will that PPE come from? If you are not active in CoR you ve missed making your life easier Story: WebEx Town Hall: terror becomes the nicest comments I ve ever gotten
Questions . University of North Texas Denton, Texas Western Michigan University Kalamazoo Michigan
POLL What are the topics you are most interested in?
COR Summer Meeting Series June 4 - Managing International Research in the Post COVID-19 Era June 11 - Toward Safe and Inclusive Research Environments: Eradicating Sexual Harassment June 18 - Public Impact Research in the Time of COVID-19 June 25 - From Crisis to Strength: The Future University Research Enterprise July New and Future VPR/VCR Virtual Workshop All meetings take place 1:30-3:30 PM Eastern
COR Summer Meeting Series: New and Future VPR Workshop For follow-up from today s presentation: Mark McLellan mark.mclellan@unt.edu Terri Goss Kinzy terri.kinzy@wmich.edu For more information on the COR fellows program: Alicia Knoedler needler500@gmail.com Doug Delahanty ddelahan@kent.edu Jane Strasser strassje@ucmail.uc.edu Jason Carter jcarter@montana.edu Robert Nobles robert.e.nobles@emory.edu For information on APLU s Council on Research: Bethany Johns bjohns@aplu.org
