sra presentation-culture collaboration-oct.2015
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Building a Culture of Collaboration:
Strategies to Strengthen Interdisciplinary
ResearchSandy Justice
CRA‐USF/AdvancedResearch AdministratorCollege of Arts & SciencesUniversity of South Florida
Erin Bhagvat, MBACRA‐USF/Advanced
Research AdministratorMorsani College of Medicine,
Office of ResearchUniversity of South Florida
Objectives
• Facilitate team building• Identify the right collaborators • Building the proposal• Strengthening grants through collaboration• Establishing a culture of collaboration at your institution
Why are we here?
Researcher ProgressionStartup
Pilot StudyNIH R03 & R21NSF Early Career FellowshipK awards
PI fo
r Team
Collaborative GrantMulti‐InstitutionalTransformativeTeam GrantR01
Interdisc
iplinary
Integrated, multi‐faceted approach to complex research questions with broad impacts
Expected Life‐Cycle of Research
This is one way…
Collaboration
Changing funding climate drives collaboration
•Research driven ‐ holistic research examining social, environmental and economic impacts.
•Competitive funding ‐ diversifying research portfolio (federal, state, and private foundation funding) and productivity expectations (single PI R21, larger/broader R01, K grants, U grants)
•Interdisciplinary research and collaborative teambuilding is a key strategy to leverage a broad base of invested scientists and scholars, for a shared purposed each from their unique disciplinary perspective.
New Funding Model
Capacity Building Grants
Global Market
Inter‐disciplinary Research
What does it mean to be interdisciplinary?
Defined by the National Academies’ report*
“Interdisciplinary research is a mode of research by teams or individuals that integrates information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts, and/or theories from two or more disciplines or bodies of specialized knowledge to advance fundamental understanding or to solve problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of a single discipline or area of research practice.”
*Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (2004). Facilitating interdisciplinary research. National Academies. Washington: National Academy Press, p. 2.
Employ interdisciplinary strategy to strengthen funding chances
Specific Programs
Jointly Sponsored NSF/NIH
Global Partnership
Position your institution for funding successStrategies that you can use to develop a culture of collaboration.Identify areas of research promise at your institution, leveraging existing expertise.Show the value of quality team building that will position large complex proposals for competitive funding.
Barriers to Collaboration• Ensuring credit is given• Distance• Challenge of maintaining momentum• Motivation
College of Medicine
College of Public Health
College of Engineering
College of Art and Sciences
College of Community and
Behavioral Sciences
• What are the research strengths at your institution?
• What barriers do your scientists and scholars face when trying to collaborate?
• What can you do to resolve them?
Building Collaboration across Silos
Department Research Profile
• Grants• Publications• Expertise
College Areas of Research Promise
• Collaboration• Team Grants• Expertise
University Signature
Research Area
•Multi‐ College Initiatives
• Interdisciplinary Centers
The Promise of Interdisciplinary
Research Clusters
Targeted areas of national importance
Shared infrastructure – equipment and space
Improves quality of graduate student
recruitmentEnhanced interactions
across Colleges
National and global
network of academic and industrial partners
Positioned for interdisciplinary
research funding
Grow where you’re planted• Cross‐training lunch & learn• Networking poster events• Research speed dating • Take every opportunity to get your scientists, scholars ANDstaff to:
• Mix and mingle • Talk about what they’re doing• Share your ideas and expertise
STEAM = STEM + Arts
OKTOBERFEST Premier Research Networking Events
Identifying existing strengths
By identifying areas of interdisciplinary promise, the USF School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SNSM) positioned for strategic investment in the research areas with the most potential return on investment.
Interdisciplinary research clusters (IRC) Accessible & Strong
Faculty strength in each cluster is demonstrated by: (1) Funded research(2) Publications and
Citations
http://sciences.cas.usf.edu/research_clusters
Maintaining Momentum• Identify funding opportunities• Wine and Writing• Themed ‘Think Tank’ meetings• Community Journal• Trackers
Enter the research administrator
Nimble, talented & enthusiastic teamStaffing responses to culture change in research administration• Grant management • Sub awards • Grant reporting • Publishing & disseminating results
Teamwork makes the dream work:Collaborative Research Support
Building expertise for Staff @ USF• THE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
IMPROVEMENT NETWORK (TRAIN®) AT USF• Certification Program (CRA‐USF/Basic and Advanced)• TRAIN® Associates and TRAIN® Ambassadors • Academy of Certified Research Administrators at USF• USF College Research Administrators Network (CRAN)
• Rx for Research, Steering Committee with broad participation across colleges
excellencein research
administration at USF
Established in 2008
Certified Research Administrator at USF
(CRA‐USF)
CRA‐USF/BasicDemonstrates successful acquisition of the body of knowledge in pre‐ and post‐award. Attainment of this credential requires successful completion of an online course with a score of 100%
CRA‐USF/AdvancesDemonstrates successful acquisition in the body of knowledge in pre‐ and post‐award USF business systems, processes, tools and forms. Attainment of this credential requires successful completion of the eCRA‐USF/Basic course (pre‐requisite) and attendance at a full‐day classroom lab session for hands‐on skill practice.
46 USF TRAIN® Associates from colleges and central areas serve as subject matter
experts assisting in the development of the CRA-USF curriculum and instruction of the
courses.
19 USF research administrators from colleges and central areas serve as
TRAIN ® Ambassadors for the program, helping shape improvements through
collaboration and team work.
FOUNDED 2015
163 USF research administrators inducted
into the Academy
The mission of the Academy of Certified Research Administrators at USF is to recognize research administration as a respected profession; enhance the visibility of the pivotal role that research administrators have in USF’s success as a high impact, global research university; and to encourage a passion for the pursuit of excellence in research administration.
Quarterly meetings provide members of the USF research administration enterprise with a forum to learn about, share and discuss important and timely topics pertaining to the research enterprise.
“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together, we can do great
things.”‐Mother Teresa
Equipment and Core Facilities
•Microscopy•Small animal imaging•Behavior & Telemetry•Flow Cytometry
• Microscopy Core• Phytotron Room• Mass Spectrometry• NMR Facility
• Cell Biology‐isolation and analysis• Chemodiversity facility• Nuclear magnetic resonance core• Protein production• Proteomics facility
• Surgical Skills Lab• Education Facilities• Simulation Center
Have a chat
Resources
Sandra Justice [email protected] Bhagvat [email protected]
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