Transcript Summary of the Report to THECB April 2010 Vision  To become a premier public research university providing access to educational excellence  Interdisciplinary focus on: 

Summary of the Report to THECB
April 2010
Vision

To become a premier public research university
providing access to educational excellence

Interdisciplinary focus on:
 Health
 Security
 Energy and Environment
 Sustainability
 Human and Social Development
2009 Expenditures by Funding Source
Private
$3,485,019
Institutioncontrolled
$2,618,437
State
$13,451,908
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
Federal
$26,966,123
2009 Expenditures by Federal Agency
DOT $313,153
USAID $3,442,872
HUD $396,179
NSF
DOL
$3,394,677
$180,199
NASA $468,110
DHS
$1,532,736
DOC $1,505,326
DOI
$375,076
DOD $6,608,033
DOA
$925,337
DED $3,795,548
DHHS $15,313,995
DOE
$151,490
MISC
$66,019
SBA $2,588,922
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
2009 Research Expenditures by Field of Study
Arts & Humanities
$1,946,751
Business
Administration
$1,419,626
Education
$1,303,535
Other Sciences not
listed
$4,660,685
Biological & Other
Life Sciences
$17,927,064
Social Sciences
$3,064,338
Physical Sciences
$5,308,769
Psychology
$267,764
Engineering
$8,182,795
Mathematical
Sciences
$221,659
Environmental
Sciences
$546,510
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
Computer Science
$1,671,991
Plan to Increase Research Funding
 selective hiring
in these targeted areas
 multidisciplinary institutes
 external partnerships & collaborations
 seed
funding for collaborations
 increase graduate student support
Advanced
Manufacturing
Sustainability
Archeological
Research
Water Research
Human & Social
Development
ICARE
• Demography
Cyber Security
Energy Process
Real Time Simulation
& Visualization
Child and
Adolescent
Policy
High Performance
Computing
Security
SALSI
Health
• Neurosciences
• Stem Cells
Infectious Diseases
Research Partnerships
University of Texas
Health Science Center
at San Antonio
South Texas
Technology
Management
(STTM)
Southwest Research
Institute (SwRI)
CPS Energy
SAWS
Energy
Industry
Governments
UT Austin
Permian
Basin
Brownsville
Military
Southwest Foundation
for Biomedical Research (SFBR)
Undergraduate Education
 updating enrollment management
 increasing our support for enrolled students
 increase student success indicators
Key Performance Indicators

% incoming freshman from the top quartile
in high school

proportion of graduate students

first-to second-year persistence

four- and six-year graduation rates

ratio of FTE students to student headcount

number of baccalaureate graduates pursuing
advanced degree programs
New Doctoral Programs Designed to:

Complement the areas of UTSA’s research
excellence

Meet regional needs and impact
• Ed.D. in Child and Adolescent Development
• Ph.D. in Psychology
• Ph.D. in Economics
• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
• Ph.D. in Translational Sciences
Faculty Development

work-loads (time for research)

recognition of research accomplishments

seed grants for collaborative research

Expanded research infrastructure

Research mentoring of new faculty
The Competition for Tier 1
Metrics (for 2020)
UTEP
UTA
UTD
TT
UH*
Enrollment (K)
29.5
35
22
40
40
Research Expenditures ($M)
120
70
150
New Faculty
200
Ph.D. Grads/yr
200
200
240
Endowment (M)
6-yr Graduation Rate (%)
* 2015
72
UNT
90
100
200
300
300
400
215
70
54
Basis for Research Growth Projections

Alignment with Federal priorities (e.g. Health,
Energy, Cyber security)

Stimulus (ARRA) seeding new projects

SALSI funding seeding new projects

New research faculty hires

Research facilities (e.g. AET)

Expanded external research partnerships

Commercialization of intellectual property
Tier 1