Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• Linda Domelsmith
• Director of Research
• Academic Affairs and Research

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Research Funding

• Closing the Gaps
• Advanced Research Program (ARP)
• Research Development Fund (RDF)
• Texas Competitive Knowledge Fund
• Advisory Committee Research Programs (ACORP)
  Proposal for FY10-11

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Closing the Gaps

• Participation
• Enrolling in higher education
• 630,000 more students by 2015
• Success
• Completing higher education programs
• 210,000 more undergraduate degrees/certificates
  by 2015
• Excellence
• Quality
• Substantially increase number of nationally
  recognized programs/services
• Research

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Closing the Gaps in Research

• Revised Goal federal science and engineering
  RD obligations to Texas institutions
• 5.6 - 2000 (actual) NSF report
• 5.6 2005 (actual) below target
• 6.2 - 2010 target
• 6.5 - 2015 goal

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More Federal Funding?

• Advanced Research Program
• We received a National Science Foundation Grant
  in the amount of 470,024 for September 2007
  through August 2010. The NSF grant is directly
  related to this ARP grant.
• Linda Allen, Texas Tech University, Mathematics

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More Federal Funding?

• Advanced Research Program
• We are pleased to report that results from this
  project funded by the THECB/ARP provided some of
  the preliminary data which was necessary for the
  successful funding of an NIH RO1 grant
  application (1,295,000).
• Kenneth Hargreaves, UTHSC-San Antonio

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More Federal Funding?

• Advanced Research Program
• Based on the results and concepts from this
  project, we won major research grants from
  National Science Foundation, National Institutes
  of Health and Army Research Office. Total amount
  of these grants is approximately 2.1 million.
• Bumsoo Han, UT-Arlington

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Advanced Research Program

• Legislative Session Odd-Numbered Years
• Appropriation - 16.7M
• Contingency Funding Rider 54 50 of ARP
  funding
• Declared available - Comptroller 8-1-07

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ARP General Appropriations Act

• Research Rider 11 Carry Forward Authority
• Moves across Biennia
• Continuation of active ARP grants
• No-cost Extensions

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2007 NHARP New/Returning

• Named after Norman Hackerman October 2007
• No limit on submissions by institution
• Pre-proposal includes 1-additional page
• Formula, diagram, picture, chart
• Caption
• Proposal evaluation includes section on proposal
  craft

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NHARP Review Process

• Reviewers
• 83 Reviewers/9 Panels
• Pre-proposals
• 2 Reviewers working independently
• Evaluate pre-proposal
• Vote Yes or No for continuation

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NHARP Review Process

• Proposals
• 2 Reviewers evaluate
• Panel assigns funding category/rank
• 7 Panels met by teleconference calls (3)
• 2 Panels met on site

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2007 NHARP Competition
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NHARP 7030

• Research Rider (11) - 1987
• However, no more than 70 of the funds shall be
  designated for The University of Texas and the
  Texas AM Systems
• Award can be LESS than 70, but never more.

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NHARP New Project Set Up

• Award Letter to PIs
• Project Set Up Available on PI Pages
• Ensure that the language in the project summaries
  is good quality

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NHARP Grant Conditions

• Internal audit once during grant period
• PI Leave Notice
• Timeliness of Reports
• Student Support
• OSP are doing a good job!

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Research Development Fund (RDF)

• General academic institutions other than
  UT-Austin, TAMU, PVAM
• 40M per year
• Build research capacity
• Awards Lists - June
• Awards Review - July
• Restricted Research - Nov January
• Annual Reports Dec 1

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Research Development Fund (RDF)

• General Appropriations Act Special Provisions -
  Sec 55, 2
• Lists amounts by institution
• Unexpended balance authority Any unexpended
  balances as of August 31, 2008, are hereby
  appropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal
  year beginning September 1, 2008.

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Texas Competitive Knowledge Fund

• Support faculty
• instructional excellence
• research
• UT-Austin, TAMU, UH, and TTU
• Total funding 46.6M per year
• Amount per institution - nickel for each dollar
  of total research expenditures (3-year average)

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Texas Competitive Knowledge Fund

• General Appropriations Act Special Provisions -
  Sec 55, 1
• Lists amounts by institution
• Unexpended balance authority Any unexpended
  balances as of August 31, 2008, are hereby
  appropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal
  year beginning September 1, 2008.

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ACORP

• ACORP Advisory Committee on Research Programs
• 8 Members Academe Industry
• Provide oversight for
• ARP Advanced Research Program
• ATP Advanced Technology Program
• Research Assessment Program
• Chair Billy Welch

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Points to Ponder (THECB Research Committee)

• Dr. Hackerman The 3 most important things
  needed for the Texas research enterprise
• Produce a steady stream of scientists,
  mathematicians, and engineers
• Produce a steady stream of scientists,
  mathematicians, and engineers
• Produce a steady stream of scientists,
  mathematicians, and engineers.
• Research is not a system of great discoveries
  but of consistent discoveries over a long time
  and the ability to make use of them.

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ACORP Recommendations

• Increase Advanced Research Program funding
• Reactivate the Advanced Technology Program
• Develop a new Competitive Enhancement Program
  focused on new, young faculty

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ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAM

• Increase ARP Funding
• Current level 17M
• Program is peer reviewed
• Solid accountability
• ROI - approx 51
• Publications
• Student involvement
• Post-graduate employment
• Support a 40M program to the legislature

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Advanced Technology Program

• Reactivate Advanced Technology Program
• Provide a better link between academia and
  industry
• Peer reviewed approach
• Past efforts had positive ROI 51
• Enhance technology transition process
• Support a 40M program to the legislature

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Texas Research Pipeline
Capacity - RDF
Basic - ARP
Applied - ATP
Commercialization - ETF
RDF Research Development Fund ETF Emerging
Technology Fund
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COMPETITIVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

• Support for academic research through federal
  government is lagging
• Success rate at NIH 12
• Average age for first RO1 grant 43 yrs
• Position our people
• to be more competitive earlier by funding
• on a competitive, peer-reviewed basis
• Create opportunities for young faculty

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COMPETITIVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

• This program would
• Increase our ability to attract young faculty
• Enhance the environment for careers in science
• Provide that initial support to get young faculty
  involved in research
• Develop a cadre of winners
• The key success metric would be federal funding
  of future proposals at a rate above average U.S.
  success rate

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COMPETITIVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

• Funding level to be determined, with a tentative
  range of 20-30M, depending upon academic hiring
  plans
• ACORP would be pleased to develop this idea
  further if the Board desires

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Reinold Cornelius, Linda Domelsmith, Dale Cherry,
Gala Peters, and Jan Haffelder
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