Measuring Success and
the Way Forward
Town Hall Meeting
28 November 2006
Steven E. Franklin, Ph.D.
Vice-President Research
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Overview
• Introduction and Purpose of the Review
• Research Environment/Research Culture
• Current Strategic Programs and Initiatives
• Context for the Second Planning Cycle
• The Way Forward
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Strategic Priorities
Measures of Success
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Strategic Priorities
• Top 7 priorities – the green card
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Research intensiveness/innovation
Enhancing research culture
Relationships/partnerships
Creating effective research communications
Developing successful research groups
Foundational Documents and Strategic Directions
Extending Horizons – specific indicators/
framework
• Defining and using measures of success
• Research communities and research culture
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Extending Horizons
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High-quality people
Significance/relevance
Ability to attract resources
Significant collaborative activity
Significant activity output
• Qualitative, anecdotal evidence is
important – highlights of research
success in this paper and in each
bi-annual report (2004, 2005,
2006)
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The Research Environment
Only possible to highlight a few
aspects:
• Total Research Funding
and Associated Indicators
• Research Revenue and
Indirect Costs
• International Research
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University of Saskatchewan Research Revenue
(millions of dollars)
CFI; 4,312; 4%
Miscellaneous & Other;
16,169;15%
Miscellaneous & Other;
12,126; 17%
NSERC; 26,870; 26%
CFI; 15,921; 22%
Industry;
7,272; 10%
NSERC; 10,763; 15%
Provincial Depts. &
Agencies; 16,225; 24%
Industry;
13,531; 13%
SSHRC; 2,767; 3%
SSHRC; 771; 1%
CIHR; 2,735; 4%
CIHR; 10,639; 10%
Provincial Depts.
& Agencies;
23,210; 22%
Federal Depts. &
Agencies; 5,325; 7%
1999/2000
Total = $71,138
Federal Depts.
& Agencies;
7,105; 7%
2004/2005
Total = $104,603
Data sourced from U of S Financial Statements 1999/2000 to present, courtesy U of S Institutional Analysis. “Miscellaneous and
Other” includes Municipal Government, Foreign Government, Other Provinces, Donations, Income from Investments, etc.
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Research Revenue Comparison by College
(millions of dollars)
CIHR; 0; 0.0%
CFI; 98; 0.6%
Miscellaneous & Other;
4,397; 25.0%
NSERC;
2,427; 13.8%
SSHRC; 265; 1.5%
Federal Depts. &
Agencies; 844; 4.8%
Industry;
3,032; 17.2%
Provincial Depts.
& Agencies;
6,531; 37.1%
College of Agriculture & Bioresources
Research Revenue, 2004/2005
Total = $17,593
Miscellaneous
& Other; 277; 4.0%
CFI; 312; 4.5%
Industry;
720; 10.3%
Provincial Depts.
& Agencies;
1,494; 21.4%
Federal Depts.
& Agencies;
498; 7.1%
CIHR; 29; 0.4%
NSERC; 3,657; 52.3%
SSHRC; 0; 0.0%
College of Engineering
Research Revenue, 2004/2005
Total = $6,987
Data sourced from U of S Financial Statements 1999/2000 to present, courtesy U of S Institutional Analysis. “Miscellaneous and
Other” includes Municipal Government, Foreign Government, Other Provinces, Donations, Income from Investments, etc.
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Maximum CFI Contribution of Top 15 Universities
Maximum CFI Contribution of Top 15 Universities*
(000s of dollars)
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
Sherbrooke
Dalhousie
U of M
Queen's
U of C
McMaster
Ottawa
Western
U of S
Laval
U of A
Montréal
McGill
U of T
UBC
$0
* Based on Maclean's
ranking (November 2005)
Are we the most successful CFI university in the country?
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Useful Associated Indicators
• Matching/RAP Awards >$1-M leveraged >$30-M
• Increase to 34 Canada Research Chairs (~10%)
• More than 200 patents licensed to date, up to 80 invention
disclosures annually
• Number of grants and amount of funding increased >100% in
six years – all communities
• Indirect costs program – are we the most successful
university in the country (up 25% compared to program
increase of 15% in 2006 in a zero sum program)?
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Indirect Costs Funding of Selected Institutions
Institution
% Change –
2003/2004 to
2004/2005
% Change –
2004/2005 to
2005/2006
% Change –
2005/2006 to
2006/2007
McGill University
10.34%
7.22%
-2.68%
McMaster University
9.23%
5.34%
-2.77%
Simon Fraser University
7.53%
-1.87%
-0.09%
University of Alberta
6.16%
3.55%
-3.04%
University of Calgary
12.31%
8.51%
-1.77%
University of Guelph
5.94%
-1.10%
0.55%
University of Manitoba
8.85%
3.55%
0.38%
University of Saskatchewan
8.08%
4.52%
10.75%
University of Waterloo
3.81%
1.81%
-1.06%
University of Western Ontario
8.60%
6.39%
-3.19%
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Indirect Costs
• College/centre priority – 22%
• Research management/admin – 22%
• Resources – 20%
• Facilities – 17%
• IP Management – 10%
• Regulatory/accreditation – 9%
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International Research: Global Connections
Legend:
Current project
Completed project
< $99-K
$100-K to $499-K
> $500-K
International projects operated independently from the
International Research Office are not fully reflected here.
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These are actual quotes!
• “I want to take this opportunity to thank
you and all of the other administrators at
the U of S that have made the
development of this world class program
possible.”
• “The RAP program opened many other
doors for us – it was invaluable. Money
well spent.”
• “Thanks for all you and everyone at the
U of S have done to help me get the
NSERC proposal in. First rate support.”
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Current Strategic Programs and Initiatives
• Extending Horizons: University of
Saskatchewan Research, Scholarly and Artistic
Landscape
• Team Approach of Co-ordinators/
Facilitators/Research Officers
• Task Force on the Management of Centres
• Industry Liaison – new package of services and
programs for researchers/entrepreneurs
• Effective/Strategic Research Communications –
huge increase in potential audience reach
• University of Saskatchewan Chairs Program
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Context for the Second Planning Cycle
• Research-Intensive, Engaged Institution
through commitment to knowledge translation
and exchange (KTE)
• Focus on students – research experiences,
benefits of research intensiveness, KTE
• Review of existing OVPR structure and
function – VP Executive, VP Advisory,
units/groups
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The Way Forward
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The Way Forward
• Priority Action Items for the OVPR
Second Integrated Plan:
• Leadership Development
• Project Management
• Research Group Development
• Measures of Success Implementation
• Internal/External Partnership
Development
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The Way Forward
• International Research
• Balanced Tri-Council and Non-Tri-Council
Funding Strategy
• Blended Model for Research Facilitation
• Infrastructure/Equipment
• Student Experience in Research
• A University of Discovery and Creation
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