Board of Governors MeetingJanuary 30, 2008Hilary H. Ratner

Vice President for Research

OverviewThe Research “Engine”Performance

NSF Rankings for Total R&DRole of FinancingResearch “Engine” PartsDashboard IndicatorsInitiativesSummary

Expenditures Rankings

Endowment/Capital

Campaign

Tuition

State Appropriation

Indirect Cost Recovery

Funding Success

Spending

• Proposals

• Grants

• Contracts

• Gifts

Awards

ExpenditureReporting

Faculty Research

UndergraduateResearchPrograms

Graduate Student

Recruitment & Retention

FacultyRecruitment and

Retention

Post-doctoral Trainees

Post-Award Infrastructure

TechnologyCommercialization

Development

Technology

Pre-Award Infrastructure

Government Relations

Faculty Development

Compliance

Business Operations

Facilities

Contracts

Institutional Reputation

Institutional Visibility

Institutional Resources

RankingsNSF Total Research and Development

All universitiesPublic universities

Strategic PlanImprove Wayne State’s overall ranking

according to national measures (2.1.1)Basis for Rankings

ExpendituresSpending of awards, gifts, institutional resources

Expenditures Rankings

Expenditures Rankings

Expenditures Rankings

Endowment/Capital

Campaign

Tuition

State Appropriation

Indirect Cost Recovery

Funding Success

Spending

• Proposals

• Grants

• Contracts

• Gifts

Awards

Institutional Resources

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80

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

NSF Total R&D—All Institutions

Falling Behind10 years ago 68th Open Forum MisconceptionNow 68th is U Hawaii ManoaTo return to 68th this year, need

$29 million more in expendituresOnly $8 million separates us

from 80th

NSF Expenditures Rankings for Public Institutions

Falling BehindNo longer a Top 50 Public Research University

First time since 1995Institutional reputation threatened

Core identity47th is University of Utah

$27 million separates us from this position now41st is now Univ of South Florida

$65 million separates us from this position now$25 million separates us from 5 places below

Why Has WSU Dropped?In 2001, 42nd placeFocus on 10 institutions above us and

10 below usWhere were they in 2006?

8 institutions stayed same (plus or minus 2 places)

6 institutions went up (more than 2 places)

7 institutions went down (more than 2 places)—including WSU

PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES R&D RANKINGS 01-06 BASED ON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

University 2001 2006 Rankings (up) Colorado State University 49 44University of Hawaii/Manoa 51 45University of Nebraska 50 29University of South Florida 44 41University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Dallas 33 30University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 35 18 Rankings (stayed the same) 2001 2006University of Medicine and Dentistry/New Jersey 47 48State University of New York/Buffalo 39 39University of Cincinnati 38 40University of Kentucky 36 34University of Tennessee 48 46University of Alabama/Birmingham 32 32University of California/Irvine 40 38Virginia Polytechnic University 34 36 Rankings (down) 2001 2006Iowa State University 41 51University of Missouri/Columbia 43 53State University of New York/Stony Brook 45 50University of Connecticut 46 54University of Utah 37 47University of New Mexico 52 62Wayne State University 42 52

Relation to Institutional InvestmentFactor that “down” group shares that differs

from others?Institutional Resources expended published

as part of rankingsLooked at percent change between 2001 and

2006Percent change twice as large for institutions

that stayed the same or went up than institutions that went down

How much do Institutional resources impact growth?

Key AnomalyChange in investment for Stony Brook, a

“down” institution, was quite different than others in the same group

But amount of change between 2001 and 2005 about the same

Increased investment considerably in 2006

Ranking improved

How much do Institutional resources impact growth?

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Change in Ranking

Change in InstitutionalResources

Variance Between IDC and Investments for WSU

Designated ICR

Expenditures Rankings

Endowment/Capital

Campaign

Tuition

State Appropriation

Indirect Cost Recovery

Funding Success

Spending

• Proposals

• Grants

• Contracts

• Gifts

Awards

ExpenditureReporting

Faculty Research

UndergraduateResearchPrograms

Graduate Student

Recruitment & Retention

FacultyRecruitment and

Retention

Post-doctoral Trainees

Post-Award Infrastructure

TechnologyCommercialization

Development

Technology

Pre-Award Infrastructure

Government Relations

Faculty Development

Compliance

Business Operations

Facilities

Contracts

Institutional Reputation

Institutional Visibility

Institutional Resources

Research EngineParts

Complex InteractiveInvolve entire system

InfrastructureHuman resourcesCommunications

Investments need to be comprehensiveWe need to move quickly, but change in

performance likely to take time

Dashboard Indicators

Any evidence that we are changing in the right direction?Awards

Expenditures of the futureQuarterly—Total, School/College

ProposalsImmediate objectiveFuture awardsQuarterly—Total, School/College

WSU Q1 2006 through 2008 Awards

Q1Total Awards by S/C/D

WSU Q1Proposals

Total Proposals by S/C/D for Q1

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 20087/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Faculty Research/Faculty Development

Launched Faculty Development Seminar Series with the Office of the Provost and the Graduate School

Complete Faculty Development Seminar Series

Increased communication to faculty and the WSU community via email

Quarterly reporting to the BOG to announce new awards

Internal Funding Programs: pre-proposal meetings were set-up and letters of intent have been received and applicants selected for REP -- arts; social sciences and humanities; research on women; and clinical translational science in urban health

INPHAASE funding to be developed -- adjunct studies to support the National Children's Study

Bridge Funding Developing Grant-Writing Workshop for Social and Behavioral Sciences

Grant-Writing Workshop Selection process for Grant-Writing (Group 2) will begin in February 08

New Faculty Support Groups Expand effort for new faculty support groups

BIO 101 series launched BIO 101 series continued

Nano@Wayne Seminar Series Communicative Grammar for Professors offered through the English Language Institute (Winter 08)

Schedule seminar speakers for FY09

Emerging Nanoscience Applications in Technology and Biomedicine (ENATBIO)

Work to develop regional meeting with address from Adam Wolfson from the National Endowment for the Humanities during FY09 academic year

Work with Albert King, King Yang and Mark Haacke to hold a national meeting on brain injury

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Faculty Research/Faculty Development (cont.)

OVPR Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Funding Emphasize the nanotechnology research program through continuous support

Use of Community of Science database increased Plans initiated to improve proposal generation by enhancing communication efforts

Increase interdisciplinary research Continue to meet with associate deans and chairs to emphasize interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research

Developed the public health collaboration with the University of Windsor

Continue initiative as the medical school at the University of Western Ontario will be brought into this group

Met with chairs in science to increase training grant initiatives

Continue process so as to work through issues related to grants accounting and deficit reduction

Plans to develop a major biorepository program that would include working with the MI Biotrust and TechTown

Developing cardiovascular institute at the SOM

Developing an Office of Clinical Trials

Establish a more consistent university-wide method of reporting faculty research effort (especially in the SOM). This will allow WSU to better access and report its research contributions as well as acknowledge and reward faculty efforts

Focus on accomplishments of faculty who have received funding from the President's Research Enhancement Fund

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Undergraduate Research Programs

Undergraduate pipeline to the Honors College from the Society for Women Engineers

Graduate Student Recruitment and

Retention

American Pronunciation for Accent Reduction and Clear Communication offered through the English Language Institute (Winter 08)

Working on a student training grant (T32) as part of the CTSA proposal

Developing a doctoral student writing program that includes international students

Graduate Student Survey that will focus on graduate training

Post-Doctoral Trainees Funding identified for SOM post-doctoral program Developing new models for post-doc to faculty models

Planning for university-wide Post-Doctoral Trainee office to ensure that trainees have independent projects, are evaluated annually and have a career plan.

R&D Expenditure Reporting

Drafted a timeline for NSF report of annual R&D expenditures

Final report ready for submission to NSF by March 15th

Developed process to involve S/C/D in R&D expenditure review

Working with units to incorporate R&D into training, instruction and demonstration projects

Shared R&D expenditure definitions wit S/C/D Development

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Pre- and Post-Award Infrastructure

Formed committee that delivered recommendations for achieving on-line pre-award system (includes electronic approval, budget preparation and proposal building)

Implement recommendations

Met with newer associate deans, in the various colleges, to discuss grants management, maximizing grant income and IDC return and avoiding deficits.

Continue initiative with S/C/D

Reorganize SPA

Developed a training program for unit administrators Launch training program for unit administrators

Identified process to simplify tracking of grant budgets Committee to review problems with post-award system and make recommendations

CTSA biostatistics support for proposal preparation launched

Developed plans for restructuring research office in engineering

Launch new Engineering Research Office

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Technology Commercialization

Completed a major license agreement with Sanofi-Aventis covering the anti-cancer cryptophycin series.

Technology Commercialization has restarted the process of obtaining formal approval of a revised WSU Patent and Copyright Policy.

Assisted on Caraco Pharmaceuticals retention opportunity for the City of Detroit and possible collaborations with the company. Working with the College of Engineering to establish closer ties to Guardian Industries and with the SOM to secure funding for cancer research from the UK-based Cancer Research Technologies.

Creation and funding of an independent venture capital gap fund to be headquartered at TechTown and will focus on supporting WSU's start-up companies.

Submitted MUCI Challenge Fund grant applications which resulted in more than $300,000 in research support.

Continue to secure grant funding opportunities for faculty via the MUCI Challenge Fund grant program and, once restarted, the 21st Century Jobs Fund grant program.

Expanded and restructured Technology Transfer operation and hired two industry professionals as Technology Licensing Managers.

Maintain a leadership role in all activities relating to the Foundation for a New Economy Initiative to secure significant future funding for WSU researchers.

Held the third annual E2 Detroit conference which featured high profile speakers.

Work with the Southeast Michigan Community Foundation and the Detroit Renaissance to secure funding opportunities for WSU and TechTown.

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Technology Commercialization (cont.)

Completed and signed a collaboration agreement with Children's Hospital of MI that provides for $117,000 in donated funds to support a research collaboration.

Expand the activities of the E2 Detroit program.

Assisted in planning and carrying out a key URC event, the Rising Above the Gathering Storm conference in Ann Arbor. Arranged for WSU representatives to be featured as speakers or leaders for topic sessions.

Explore novel marketing approaches for WSU technology transfer.

Proposed two stories featuring WSU's research for AUTM's Better World Reports and both were accepted for publication.

Submit an EDA grant application to secure an additional $2 million for TechTown construction.

Technology Commercialization managed negotiations with Beckman-Coulter regarding the buy-out of future Lumigen royalties.

Continue to assist TechTown on securing new anchor tenants such as Wonderstruck Studios and TechBA.

Completed negotiations for a major research agreement for Ladislau Kouvari and Vertex that will provide $500,000 in research support.

Assist at TechTown in building and finishing all remaining space on the 4th floor of TechOne for use by researchers of the Henry Ford Health System.

Drafted a TechTown proposal submitted to the Mexican government for an initiative (TechBA) that may result I a significant job creation in Detroit.

Finalize a settlement with SciClone Pharmaceuticals on royalty underpayment.

Met with U.S. Economic Development Administration officials to discuss the preparation and submission of a construction grant pre-proposal for TechOne.

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Technology Commercialization (cont.)

Assisted TechTown in developing a business plan submitted to the Kresge Foundation that helped secure a $1.5 million grant.

Participated on TechTown Support Committee that secured a second round of tax credits derived from past construction costs for TechOne.

Completed a significant license agreement with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.

As a result of completing a license with Meditrina, WSU/DMC secured an important clinical trial.

Institutional Reputation Press releases increased two-and-a-half times more than first half of 2007

Increase research stories/releases being sent to the media

URC legislative tour created URC "Green Day"

A two-year planning effort for a Center for Clinical Translational Science was validated by the NIH awarding a planning grant to WSU

RESEARCH INITIATIVES (ACTIVITIES) FROM JULY 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 2008 (cont.)7/07 - 1/08 2/08 - 8/08

Compliance Earned full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)

Finalize the revised Research Misconduct Policy

Improved the submission and review process for the Animal Investigation Committee: implemented electronic submission and review and mandatory veterinary pre-review, which increased approval rate and decreased turnaround time for protocols

Establish a working group to develop policy for Institutional Conflict of Interest disclosures and management

Developed proposal for Export Control compliance program based on recommendations from the Export Control Task Force

Create a rapid IRB to provide expert and expedient review of CTSA protocols

Revised the University's policy on scientific misconduct in accordance with new federal regulations and began circulating it to faculty groups for comment

Develop a formal compliance program for the Animal Investigation committee

Drafted guidelines for maintaining the research record in accordance with federal regulations and good laboratory practice

Establish an Export Control Office

Summary and ConclusionsSkidding in the rankings

“4 Rs” of strategic plan threatenedResearch-Retention-Reputation-Resources

Research enterprise won’t “turn on a dime”Change isn’t going to happen quicklyWe can’t “nickel and dime” response to achieve resultsInstitutional resources for research have to increase

Key ComponentsFaculty research, recruitment, retention, developmentInfrastructure—”Scientists for the science”

CrisisCommitment from the entire institutionShared purpose, flexibility, can’t be business as usualSense of urgency