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Welcome to the January 16, 2013 CPI meeting
Today’s agenda includes the following items:
• Update on University Research Initiatives– Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, President, Texas
A&M University
• Update on the Division of Research– Dr. Theresa W. Fossum, Interim Vice
President for Research, Texas A&M University
• Update on “Explorations” and Undergraduate Research– Dr. Sumana Datta,
Executive Director, Honors & Undergraduate Research, and Dr. Duncan MacKenzie,
Associate Director, Honors & Undergraduate Research
Council of Principal
Investigators Meeting
January 16, 2013
Dr. Theresa W. Fossum
Interim Vice President for Research
Division of Research, Texas A&M University
979.845.8585 • [email protected]
Research Expenditures
 Nationally, research expenditures are the gold standard for assessing
research activity and success, because they provide consistent
reporting measures for comparison. (Research awards most often span
more than one fiscal year and do not accurately reflect annual efforts.)
 As part of Texas A&M’s land grant mission, all A&M system agencies
report as one under Texas A&M University (to THECB and NSF).
 The NSF’s annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)
Survey measures and compares reporting from degree-granting
institutions that expend at least $150,000 in R&D. For FY11, the survey
period was July 1, 2010, thru June 30, 2011.
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Top 25 Institutions in Total R&D Expenditures
FY11 NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey
Top 25 Institutions in FY11 in Total R&D Expenditures
FY 2009-2011 NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey
Top 25 Institutions in Federal R&D Expenditures
FY 2009-2011 NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey by Institution
Top 25 Institutions in Total R&D Expenditures
FY11 NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey
Texas A&M University
Total Research Expenditures by Sponsor Type
as reported on the NSF HERD Survey
(dollars in thousands)
$800,000
$700,000
$600,000
$500,000
$400,000
$300,000
$200,000
$100,000
$0
2002
$436,681
2003
$456,235
2004
$456,809
2005
$479,735
2006
$492,955
2007
$543,888
2008
$582,364
2009
$630,655
2010
$689,624
2011
$705,720
Federal Government
State/Local Government s
Industry
$163,489
$177,119
$173,705
$212,923
$206,242
$228,363
$245,607
$261,491
$288,173
$291,812
$111,302
$112,180
$118,622
$109,205
$115,623
$121,498
$124,138
$133,140
$139,411
$131,925
$32,701
$27,006
$32,094
$18,927
$33,613
$36,465
$43,421
$34,622
$46,754
$54,880
Institution Funds
Other
$122,751
$128,079
$121,998
$122,069
$127,042
$146,757
$157,163
$180,900
$191,115
$186,541
$6,438
$11,851
$10,390
$16,611
$10,435
$10,805
$12,035
$20,502
$24,171
$40,562
FY10 Federal Research Expenditures
Federal Sponsors as a Percentage of Federal Expenditures
NSF HERD Survey
Total
2010 Federal
Expenditures
TotalInstitutions
All Institutions
All
A&M
2010 Texas
Federal Expenditures
Texas
A&M University
University
3%
8%
8%
12%
19%
13%
13%
4%
NSF
4%
9%
NSF
HHS/NIH
HHS/
NIH
56%
36%
13%
2%
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department
of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department
of Health and Human
Services
U.S. Department
Defense
National Scie nceof
Foundatio
n
National Aeronautics
National Science Foundatio n
U.S. Department of and
EnergySpace Administration
Other
U.S. Department
of Energy
National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S. Department of Defense
Other
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other
FY10 Federal Research Expenditures
Federal Sponsors as a Percentage of Federal Expenditures
NSF HERD Survey
Total
2010 Federal
Expenditures
TotalInstitutions
All Institutions
All
Texas
2010A&M
FederalUniversity
Expenditures and
Texas
A&MA&M
and Texas
A&M Health
Science
Center
Texas
Health
Science
Center
3%
8%
7%
17%
12%
12%
13%
4%
NSF
4%
8%
Texas A&M: $104,633
HSC: $440
Total: $105,073
HHS/NIH
(dollars in thousands)
NSF
HHS/NIH
21%
56%
33%
21%
2%
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Defense
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
Texas A&M: $36,400
HSC: $31,311
Total: $67,711
(dollars in thousands)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department
of Health and Human
Services
U.S. Department
Defense
National Scie nceof
Foundatio
n
National Aeronautics
National Science Foundatio n
U.S. Department ofand
EnergySpace Administration
Other
U.S. Department
of Energy
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Defense
Other
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other
Summary
 State and institutional funding is above our peers and not likely to
increase substantially.
 Federal and external funding lags behind our peers and has growth
potential.
 Hit rates for most federal agencies is down (more grants/fewer
dollars).
 Only federal agency to have an appreciably increased budget in last
two years is DHS (up 14%).
 Division of Research needs to forge partnerships with faculty to
respond to opportunities to enhance research funding.
 CPI is a critical group to help define obstacles and move us forward.
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Dr. Suma Datta, Executive Director of Honors and
Undergraduate Research
Dr. Duncan MacKenzie, Associate Director for
Undergraduate Research
Explorations
A student –run journal guided by faculty and
administrators that publishes articles of
general interest in any area.
 Fourth issue published Fall 2012: 15 articles and
creative works chosen by double peer review of 104
submissions.
 Call for proposals for fifth issue is out.
 Great publicity for high quality undergraduate
education at Texas A&M.
 Many authors go on to graduate or professional school.
Explorations
 Submissions welcome from all disciplines
 Written for a general audience—should not interfere with
publication for a professional journal
 Two rounds of peer review:
 Proposal reviewed by faculty and student reviewers
 Article also reviewed by faculty and student reviewers
 10-15% acceptance rate
 Proposal submissions due by noon on Thursday Jan 31st
 New online submission and review system:
scholasticahq.com.
New ideas, initiatives, and opportunities
New and Expanding Undergraduate
Research Programs
Undergraduate Research Scholars
• Increasing 20% each year (currently 178)
• Online proposal and thesis submission (Vireo)
• Partnerships for support
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LT Jordan Institute: LT Jordan Fellows
• Texas Sea Grant Program: Sea Grant Scholars
Expanding workshops to campus community
Getting Started in Research
Undergraduate Research Ambassadors
Support
Travel Awards
• For meeting presentations
• Up to $500
Summer Programs for Aggies
• Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
• Glasscock Scholars
NSF REU Programs
Compliance (human and animal subjects)
Dr. Suma Datta
[email protected], 845-1957
Dr. Duncan MacKenzie
[email protected], 845-1957
Acknowledgements
Thank you for attending today’s meeting.
Copies of today’s presentation materials and a video of
the meeting will be available at
http://cpi.tamu.edu/meetings
The next CPI meeting will be held on February 13, 2013 in
Rudder 601.
*Activities and staff assistance for the CPI is provided through equal
annual funding support by the Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M
Health Science Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the
Texas A&M Transportation Institute, and the Texas A&M University
Division of Research.