Welcome to the IRIS
Project Launch
Introduction
Professor David Price, Vice Provost, Research
• A New Project - IRIS - The Institutional
Research Information Service
• Challenges and Benefits
• Progress to Date
• The Project Approach
• Phase 1 Deliverables
• Later Phases
• How to Get Involved
We want to hear your views!
Research at UCL
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Fundamental to the academic mission
Involves majority of staff
Significant investment in facilities
Major contributor to income:
£202m from grants and contracts in 2007 = 34%
Challenges I
• Competition for grants
• Competition for students
• Impetus for greater collaboration and
interdisciplinary research
Domestically and internationally
Now within the context of reducing gov. funds
Challenges II
• Competition for grants
• Competition for students
• Impetus for greater collaboration and
interdisciplinary research
Domestically and internationally
Now within the context of reducing gov. funds
Intended Benefits
• Depend on scope of support:
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Initiating research projects
Conducting research projects
Publish research results to peers
Making research results public
Transferring knowledge
Responding to research evaluations (REF)
Intended Benefits I
• Easier for researchers to publicise a full
picture of interests and activities
• Easier to have centrally held data corrected
• Easier to manage the aggregate of research
activity
• Easier to see the “whole picture” of UCL
• Easier and more successful response to REF
Intended Benefits II
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More successful grant applications
Greater collaboration
More effective use of research resources
Attracting highest calibre students
Brief Background and History
• Identified by the Research Strategy
Committee and others
• “Use case” collection
Use Cases
• Individual Research
Profile
• Research Management
• Strategic Projects
• Research Assessment
Submission
• Verification
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Librarianship
Enterprise
Outreach
International
Fund Raising
Consulting
Brief Background and History
• Identified by the Research Strategy
Committee and others
• “Use case” collection
• Initial funding from nUCLei
• Project governance established
• Requirements analysis
Closing Remarks
Thank You for
Attending
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