state of research affairs 2021-2022
TRANSCRIPT
INTRODUCTIONS
• Chad Brooks – Assoc. Provost for Research• Tim Atkinson –Director, ORSP & OSRI• Kelly Pitts – Grant Specialist, ORSP• Jacklyn Milam – Grants Accountant, ORSP• Stefan Woltmann – IACUC Chair• Harry Young – IRB Chair
APR
ORSP
OSRI
1. PHILOSOPHIES2. UPDATES & AWARENESS3. APSU’s SCHOLARLY ENVIRONMENT4. STUDENT IMPACTS5. FUTURE INITIATIVES
AGENDA
PHILOSOPHIES
Associate Provost for Research
Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
ORSP is in the job of helping students, faculty, and staff obtain external funding.
Director for Student Research & Innovation
OSRI’s mission is to support the incorporation of scholarly activities/training...as a means to engage, retain, and promote students and their success.
I am in the job of helping students, faculty, and staff expand their scholarly potential.
Research CouncilChargeThe Research Council (RC) monitors the research environment of APSU and deliberates additions and amendments to policies/regulations/guidelines impacting research activities and/or APSU employees engaged in research. The RC may initiate studies that are concerned with the welfare of research and advises the University in matters concerning research. The RC may engage in additional responsibilities as determined by the RC chairperson.
UPDATES
So, what are a few methods for determining success in research/scholarly activities?
Yes, this is rhetorical…
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021CEDE 9 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0COAL 6 12 3 3 3 1 4 3 0COB 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0COBHS 15 17 10 3 3 3 6 3 0COE 13 11 15 10 14 6 2 3 8COSTEM 71 76 71 58 32 46 67 49 32Library 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0Admin 13 21 15 13 10 13 14 24 16Aca. Affairs 3 6 7 3 3 1 1 3 6STPM 3 1 4 0 2 2 4 1 0
135 148 131 93 71 73 99 86 62
01020304050607080
CEDE COAL COB COBHS COE COSTEM Library Admin Aca. Affairs STPM
Total Amount of Grants applied for each year based on Academic CollegeGrant Activities by College
UPDATES
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021CEDE 1,258,693$ 64,602$ 65,000$ 73,168$ 164,000$ -$ -$ -$ -$ COAL -$ 21,200$ -$ 4,000$ -$ -$ -$ 10,000$ -$ COB -$ -$ -$ -$ 2,500$ -$ -$ -$ -$ COBHS 80,516$ 77,592$ 121,251$ 41,420$ 43,930$ 38,500$ 20,791$ 165,500$ 150,000$ COE 304,000$ 320,755$ 252,281$ 203,574$ 369,652$ 287,107$ 426,080$ 195,020$ 1,086,214$ COSTEM 1,056,002$ 1,052,706$ 1,389,012$ 1,270,721$ 1,309,899$ 2,111,336$ 1,460,809$ 1,615,845$ 1,593,118$ Library 1,200$ -$ 5,350$ 750$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Admin 676,655$ 1,740,654$ 1,057,450$ 986,181$ 955,411$ 3,897,058$ 1,499,032$ 1,922,980$ 2,335,422$ Acad. Aff 26,750$ 4,250$ 7,500$ 20,000$ 2,107,320$ -$ 2,162,384$ 3,919,963$ 2,363,861$ STPM 75,000$ -$ 2,500$ -$ 25,000$ 79,954$ 157,164$ 108,404$ 208$
3,478,816$ 3,281,759$ 2,900,344$ 2,599,814$ 4,977,712$ 6,413,955$ 5,726,260$ 7,937,711$ 7,528,823$
0500000
10000001500000200000025000003000000350000040000004500000
CEDE COAL COB COBHS COE COSTEM Library Admin Acad. Aff STPM
Axis
Title
Total Amount funded per Academic College that includes all $ amounts in the Fiscal Year Dollars to Academic Colleges
UPDATES
Supporting Faculty
• New faculty orientation• Workshops• Research Support Grants (RSG)• New faculty research startup packages• Policy 2:059 Sponsored Research Incentive Program• Research Council
RSG solicitationRSG due date
RSG award date
June30
Sep6Sep24
Dec/Jan
Research CouncilCOLLEGE MEMBERSHIP College DepartmentAndrea Spofford [email protected] CoAL Languages and Literaturevacant CoALJalesa Parks [email protected] CoAL Languages and LiteraturePilisik Choi [email protected] CoB ManagementElif Demiral Saglam [email protected] CoB AccountingDebra Wilson [email protected] CoBHS NursingHarry Young [email protected] CoBHS PoliSciCharles (Barrie) Woods [email protected] CoBHS Psyvacant CoEAmy Tondreau [email protected] CoE CoEJoanna Zimmerle [email protected] COE COEStefan Woltmann [email protected] CoSTEM BiologyRoman Holovchak [email protected] CoSTEM Physicsvacant CoSTEMEllen Brown [email protected] LIB LibraryTim Atkinson [email protected] OSRP, DirectorTim Atkinson OSRI, DirectorFACULTY SENATE REPNotashia Crenshaw-Williams [email protected] Faculty Senate Social Work
Office of Student Research and Innovation• Capturing student success stories to:• 1) enhance recruitment • 2) encourage students• 3) guideposts for other students
• Three-Minute-Scholarly-Activity Video (next slide)• Capturing student data for HIPs (next-next slides)• Student Support Money (next-3x slide) • Professional Development (next-4x slide)
Research Courses Offered at APSU
7986 88
106 109
123
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19
Num
ber o
f Res
earc
h C
ours
es
Academic Year
Funding through OSRI• Depending on COVID! Student Travel Award grants: highly
competitive mini-grants for up to $1,000 (international travel) and $750 for domestic travel. First come!
• Undergraduate Research Enrichment Funding grants: approximately 10 projects are funded up to $3,000 to support research projects conducted by undergraduates with faculty mentor support. (~end of Sept)
• Graduate Student Research Support grants: approximately 10 projects are funded up to $1,000 to support research projects Capturing student data for HIPs. (~end of Sept)
FUTURE PROJECTS/DIRECTIONS
• RC focus on the working environment supporting research activities• Measuring research/scholarly activity of students• Allocating/Reallocating $ for better faculty research startup packages• Department/college accounts that can accrue $ for future spending• Rethinking GA workloads…hybrid GTA/GRAs• Designing out-of-state/international student scholarships • (FYI, OOS tuition = ~81% UG and ~60% GR increase in tuition…so, there is room)
• Others???…don’t be shy…let us know!
APSU’s FUTURE…• New-ish President• New-ish Provost• Each year, new students• Soon, new Strategic Plan• Soon, new Academic Affairs Strategic Plan
So, try “Google’ing” whatever words you would hope would be connected to APSU.
For example, “APSU research”….
What do you hope to see?