Transcript A Paradigm for Interdisciplinary Research A. H. Rebar, DVM, Ph.D. Senior Associate Vice President for Research Executive Director of Discovery Park.

A Paradigm for
Interdisciplinary Research
A. H. Rebar, DVM, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Executive Director of Discovery Park
• History
• Organization
• Operations
• Accomplishments
Purdue’s hub for interdisciplinary and
translational research, conceived as
a place where scholars from all
disciplines could work together to
define whole new areas of research
and solve grand challenges.
 Bindley Bioscience Center
 Birck Nanotechnology Center
 Burton D. Morgan Center for
Entrepreneurship
 Discovery Learning Research Center
 Global Sustainability at Purdue
Burton D. Morgan Center
for Entrepreneurship
 Center for the Environment
 Energy Center
 Purdue Climate Change Research
Center
 Center for Global Food Security
 ACCESS: Advanced Computational
Center for Engineering and Sciences
 Cyber Center
 Rosen Center for Advanced
Computing (ITaP)
 Oncological Sciences Center
 Regenstrief Center for Healthcare
Engineering
Birck Nanotechnology
Center
Bindley Bioscience
Center
Gerald D. and Edna E.
Mann Hall
Hall for Discovery and
Learning Research
President
France A. Córdova
Director Sponsored
Program Services (SPS)
Vice President for Research
OVPR/DP Business and
Sponsored Programs Office
Assoc. VPR for University
Research Administration
Sr. Assoc. VPR & Exec. Dir.
of Discovery Park
Assoc. VPR for Research
Development & Research
Support Infrastructure
Richard O. Buckius
Alan H. Rebar
Founded
1961
2001
Purpose
Start-up companies
Interdisciplinary research
Location
Off-campus
US 52 Highway
Main Campus
State Street
# People
>3100 employees
~1000 faculty members
51
5
160 Companies
8 Centers
725 acres
40 acres
# Buildings
# Companies/
Centers
Area
Feb. 2011
 Technical
• Research Cores – partner with academic units
• Equipment and facilities
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$27.8 million in new research equipment
113,000 sq.ft. of research laboratory space
93,000 sq.ft. office and support space
 Administrative
• Administrative model breaks down barriers
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to build interdisciplinary collaborations
Business team: Sponsored Program
Services and Business Administration
Project coordination
Web site integration
Special events
 1061 submitted grant proposals for total of $1,063,079,347
 709 grants were awarded for total of $210,476,678
 $162,708,470 of awarded grants were new;
$47,768,208 were continuing
 170 industrial/foundation proposals for $15,875,471
awarded to faculty/projects associated with DP
 267 submitted proposals, each over $1M;
4 proposals were funded over $10M
 Interdisciplinary in nature
 Sponsored programs
 Affiliated with a core center
 Often opportunistic
Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE)
$15 million, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio)
$15 million, Department of Energy
Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and Survivability of Microsystems (PRISM)
$17 million, National Nuclear Safety Administration
Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
$25 million, National Institutes of Health
NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
$28.75 million (with renewal), National Science Foundation
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
$105 million, National Science Foundation
 Global Food Security Center
 Purdue Initiative for Defense
Innovation
 Enhancing University Research and
Entrepreneurial Capacity (EURECA)
Program
Industry
Purdue
Research Park
Startup
Company
Licensing
To Practice or
Commercialization
Project
Ideas
Educational or
Training Concepts
Seeding
Nurturing
Joint Venture
Executing
Discovery Park & University Infrastructure
Cooperative
Education
Campus wide
Value
Proposition
Discovery Park is designed to rapidly integrate
Purdue with outside partners.
 Enabling large interdisciplinary research
grants
 Providing facilities
 Building partnerships
 Facilitating commercialization
opportunities
 Engaging students, faculty, and community
12
Purdue
System-Wide Awards
Discovery Park Awards
$160
Discovery Park
$400
$140
Lilly Endowment
140
$300
438.0
$200
294.3
$100
229.9 217.8 243.4
301.2
333.4 342.5
419.6
Awards in Millions
Awards in Millions
$120
$100
$80
$60
73.7
70.5
261.4
$40
$20
$0
$0
Academic Year (# of Awards)
25
26.7
26
5.5
54.2
44
27.6
13.4
Academic Year (# of Awards)
*Support in collaboration with Development is included. In addition, activity for awards to participating colleges/schools is included.
94.5
9
8
# of Companies
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
14
• Australia
• Energy crisis
• Azerbaijan
• Global
warming
• China
• India
• Israel
• Healthcare
delivery
• Korea
• Homeland
security
• Russia
• Learning
Based on FY 2010 Expenditures
16
Based on FY 2010 Expenditures
17
Generating Entrepreneurs and
Networks for Impacting
Economies
…in partnership with
– the Purdue Research Foundation
– Purdue West Coast Partnership Center
– the Purdue Office of Engagement
– Discovery Learning Research Center
– and other organizations/institutions
…will develop and implement a series of programs
– to enhance IP commercialization
– to promote a culture of entrepreneurship
throughout the state, region, nation, and
globe
The outcome will be development of
regional, national, and global
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
It IS happening here!!
For information on Discovery Park:
http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark
Dr. A. H. Rebar, (765) 496-6625; [email protected]