RGS Campus Training

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RGS Campus Training

• Lunchtime Address
• Clayton Hall
• January 9, 2008

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RGS News

• Cordell Overby, Associate Provost for Research to
  join RGS 1/14/07
• Compliance Training and comprehensive internal
  audits underwaynew area of focus as seen from
  todays offerings

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RGS Goals

• Advancing the Financial System through advocacy
  and support
• Meeting with the customer more to enhance the
  service provided by RGS
• Prepare to support the growth in research
  expected from strategic plan

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Expenditure History
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What does this mean?

• The overall FY2008 Federal research budget is
  bleak
• National Science Foundation  an increase of 2.5
  
• Department of Energy Office of Science  Once
  earmarks are factored out the increase is only
  2.6 .
• National Institutes of Health Budget will
  increase less than 0.5
• Fairly flat trajectoryyou can help
• Awareness of burn rate
• Limit unnecessary no cost extensions

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More factors

• New complexities in proposalsneed more lead time
  when possible
• Multi-investigator
• Multi-institutional

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Sponsors varied needs

• Keep in mind that new sponsors have new needs
• Old sponsors sometimes have NEW
  languageawareness of new regulations and nuances
  a must

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• RGS Departments
• Faculty

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Introduce Keynote Address

• It is my great pleasure to introduce my
  colleague, Robert Specter. Serving as the VP for
  Finance since February 2007, he is new to UD, but
  not new to the world of Academia or to Finance.

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Pieces of the pie
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• Thank you all for attending today's very
  enlightening offerings
• It is so important that we gather together and
  spend time focusing on the new information and
  learning from each other. I know we are all busy
  and appreciate the time you are taking to
  continue to improve the comprehensive services to
  the research enterprise.
• With the emphasis being on growth and change in
  the next short term and certainly from the
  strategic plan initiatives, we thought it would
  be good to hear from 2 people who will be
  instrumental in the growth of research in the
  immediate future.

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• Dr. Thoroughgood, whom many of you know, has
  served as the Vice Provost for Research
  Graduate Studies since 2005. Prior to her current
  post, she served as Dean of the College of Marine
  Studies for 20 years. Her long history at the
  University of Delaware gives her a unique
  perspective on the current state of research and
  an insight to the dynamic nature of the research
  enterprise.
• Without further delay, I ask that you join me in
  welcoming Vice Provost Thoroughgood to the podium.