Infrastructure is a platform … from which our faculty and students  “take off” to explore new frontiers

Heat flux in your I-phone = surface of the sun!

Backed by a large team in Houston!

… infrastructure.

A big step at the frontier

Backed by UVa research infrastructure

• Pre- and Post award processing• Equipment• Power supply• Computing support• Seed funds for early stage prototyping

• 10X better cooling on chips• Energy savings at data centers• Smaller, faster mobile devices

Hossein Haj‐HaririUVa faculty

• Solve major societal challenges

• Enable creative behaviors that define careers of the future

• Produce foundational scholarship in all fields

Structure of HIV – a roadmap for drugs to prevent HIV infection

Mark Yeager, UVa faculty … using advanced equipment, the electron microscope

• Students will create their own jobs in their lifetime

• Major challenges require highly collaborative solutions, spanning traditional fields

• New external partnerships will be created

• Individual scholars need a launching pad

• Experiential learning for students

“Most innovative companies, 2013” ‐ Fast Company 

#1  Nike ‐ UVa partner, global sustainability

“Most innovative companies, 2013” ‐ Fast Company 

#1  Nike ‐ UVa partner, global sustainability

First, some nuts and bolts … 

• Flexible, short‐term proposal development assignment teams

• Enhanced post‐award processing services

• Plan for a “Maker’s Space in the Arts”

• Seed funds for distinguishing early‐stagescholarship

• Computational Infrastructure – flexible assignment teams for a high level of computational fluency, serving all fields

• Expand OpenGrounds spaces and programs• a nationally‐unique culture of collaboration• 1,000 UVA students and 650 faculty/staff in year 1• new partners including Fortune 500 companies, 

U.S. State Department, The Nature Conservancy, The White House

How will we know we’ve succeeded?

In 3-5 years, an environment that allows our faculty and students to be the competitive, collaborative, and creative best they can become ... evident when

• Attract top talent from elite and emerging places

• Elite and emerging places adopt our models

• Work continuously with top external partners

• Obtain funding for distinguishing research in fields that require it

• Research platform supports the individual scholar

• All UVa students engage in experiential learning via meaningful research