黑洞社区 seeks to accelerate the discovery, creation and transfer of new knowledge.
Objectives
- Support and enhance faculty, staff, and student research and creative activity.
- Identify, develop, and support interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary academic priorities.
- Increase diversity of faculty, including women in science and engineering
- Significantly elevate and transform our national reputation for research, scholarship, and creative activity to one of excellence associated with high- impact, high-quality publications, exhibitions, awards, and fellowships.
- Increase participation and investment in interdisciplinary research.
- Economic engagement that involves senior leadership, industry, P-20, and community college partners that aligns with regional growth initiatives.
- Development of innovation economy to catalyze economic growth inclusive of local and regional studies, small business support and facilitation of collaborations across boundaries.
- Communicate impact of partnerships and disseminate information on collaborations that support economic development. .
Exemplar strategic initiatives
- Analytics showcase
- Research fund for the Institute for the Study of Economic Growth
- Cohen Leadership Academy Enhanced access to and discovery for scholarly resources
- UG research and creative activity grants expansion
- FYRE
- Election and voting research
Key Performance Indicators
- UG Student research participation
- New academic programs
- GRASP student participation
- Funded research (sponsored, research, finance and administration fees 鈥� (KBOR, KBOR-STEM)
- Quantity and funding of UG students involved in research (funded and non-funded)
- Percentage of funding for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grants
- Quantity and funding of research proposals
- Graduate student stipends compared to peer institutions
- Post docs
- Number of intellectual property disclosures, patents from students, faculty, and staff
- Number of licensing agreements
- Licensing revenues
- Startups and student micro-enterprises launched
- Venture funding for faculty and student businesses