President’s Forum
November 2007
Large Scale Research
and Infrastructure
A. H. Rebar, DVM, Ph.D.
Sr. Associate Vice President for Research
Office of Vice President for Research
Large Scale Research and
Infrastructure at Purdue
• Current Research Profile
• Historical Growth
• Lessons Learned
• Building the Future
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Sponsored Program
Awards and Expenditures ($M)
Purdue system wide
406
420
408
347
321
301.2
294.3
261.4
243.4
229.9
2001-02
217.8
2002-03
2003-04
Awards
# of awards
3256
3294
3332
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Expenditures
4076
3774
3131
*Support in collaboration with Development is included. In addition, activity for awards to participating colleges/schools is also included.
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Awards (including medical school data)
2001
2003
2005
Michigan
$
723,783
$
678,133
$
780,795
Wisconsin
$
542,124
$
677,329
$
957,700
Minnesota
$
498,435
$
512,915
$
561,162
Penn St.
$
471,931
$
529,828
$
511,396
Indiana
$
397,371
$
383,496
$
476,731
Ohio St.
$
257,514
$
319,643
$
379,097
Northwestern
$
280,692
$
328,125
$
380,818
Illinois
$
353,587
$
402,944
$
412,133
Iowa
$
277,949
$
352,783
$
359,599
Michigan St.
$
213,453
$
241,492
$
298,578
Purdue
$
196,607
$
217,801
$
294,309
2007
301,179
2006-07 Awards by Sponsor
Sponsor
DHHS
Amount
% of Total
$ 51,552,975
17.12%
NSF
46,821,012
15.55%
DOD
22,254,666
7.39%
DOE
15,888,254
5.28%
USDA
11,959,312
3.97%
Other Federal
8,661,333
2.88%
Ed
4,642,399
1.54%
NASA
4,266,055
1.42%
EPA
2,197,791
0.73%
DOT
1,483,906
0.49%
Total Federal
$ 169,727,703
56.35%
Industrials
$ 104,499,064
34.70%
State/Local
20,579,462
6.83%
PRF/Purdue
4,925,206
1.64%
Foreign Governments
1,448,130
0.48%
$ 301,179,564
100.00%
Total Purdue System-wide
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Awards By Academic Unit FY 2006-07
College/School
Sum m ary of Aw ards by Sponsor
FY 2006-2007
Other Departments
5%
Veterinary Medicine
2%
Technology
1%
Science
17%
Pharmacy, Nursing &
Health Sci.
13%
Management
1%
Calumet
2%
Fort Wayne
1%
North Central
0%
Agriculture
22%
Consumer & Family
Sciences
4%
Discovery Park,
Undistributed
2%
Liberal Arts
3%
Engineering
26%
Support in collaboration with Development is
included.
Discovery Park awards are distributed by
Participating School .
Education
1%
Agriculture
Consumer & Family Sciences
Discovery Park, Undistributed
Education
Engineering
Liberal Arts
Management
Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Sci.
Science
Technology
Veterinary Medicine
Other Departments
Total West Lafayette
Calumet
Fort Wayne
North Central
Total Purdue System-wide
Amount
% of
Total
$ 66,120,039
13,442,365
7,387,410
2,257,288
77,027,031
7,805,088
1,966,995
40,269,945
52,284,621
2,925,829
4,993,956
15,736,860
$ 292,217,427
$ 5,632,293
2,556,133
773,711
$ 301,179,564
21.95%
4.46%
2.45%
0.75%
25.58%
2.59%
0.65%
13.37%
17.36%
0.97%
1.66%
5.23%
97.02%
1.87%
0.85%
0.26%
100.00%
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License Agreements and Patents for Big 10*
Licenses &
Options
Executed
Start-ups
2003-2005
Cumulative
Invention
Disclosures
US Patents
Issued
New Patent
Applications
CY 2005
Illinois, Chicago, Urbana
63
7
803
65
134
Indiana Univ. (ARTI)
11
2
304
14
23
Iowa Research Fdn.
35
5
244
22
68
Michigan
86
7
829
80
133
Michigan State
61
4
366
29
121
Minnesota
82
1
693
51
98
Ohio State
19
2
457
38
42
Penn State
21
3
465
37
90
Purdue
79
5
605
27
180
Wisconsin
216
4
N.A.
89
203
9
9
9
9
9
Mean
66.0
3.9
520.1
47.2
101.3
Purdue's Index to the mean
1.2
1.3
1.2
0.6
1.8
N=
*Includes public universities within the Big 10; Northwestern is not included.
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2005 Big 10* National Academy/
Other Prestigious Memberships
NAS
NAE
Arts/Humanities
Illinois
28
26
6
Indiana
10
1
10
Iowa
4
1
4
Michigan
20
21
11
Michigan State
7
0
7
Minnesota
12
18
6
Ohio State
9
10
13
Penn State
16
10
11
Purdue
2
15
4
Wisconsin
45
17
8
n=
9
9
9
Mean
16.8
11.6
8.4
Purdue's Index to the mean
0.1
1.3
0.5
*Includes public universities within the Big 10; Northwestern is not included.
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Faculty and
Facilities
• 300 new
faculty
• Upgrade and
expand
research
facilities
• Discovery Park
Dr. J. Bickham
Dr. M. Crawford
Dr. T. Ratliff
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Research Organization
• Encourage faculty
leadership
• Enhanced support
structure
– Grant writers
– Business office
• Seed grants
• Research core directors
• Improved communication
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Administrative Structure of
Large-scale Projects and Centers
• Leadership
– Faculty Scientific
Director
– PhD or Masters-level
Managing Director Charles Buck, BBC
Director of Operations
Julie Nagel, OSC
Managing Director
• Entrepreneurship
and
Commercialization
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Working Together
• Academic Units
• Purdue Research Foundation
• Office of Vice
Provost for
Engagement
• Corporate
partners
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National Research Centers
 ERC for Compact and
Efficient Fluid Power (NSF)
 ERC on Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing (NSF)
 Clinical Proteomic Technology
Assessment for Cancer (NIH NCI)
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Lessons Learned
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Lessons Learned
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Form partnerships
Advance planning
Central research leadership
Timely response
Strengthen research infrastructure
Improve cost-sharing
Purdue is well-positioned for
success!
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Looking Ahead
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10 Key Questions
1.
How can our research strengths be strategically focused?
2.
How can we build upon early success of DP and PRF?
3.
How can we strengthen discipline based research?
4.
How can we increase our presence and influence in Washington DC?
5.
How can we continue to increase faculty leadership?
6.
What are our needs for additional research facilities and buildings?
7.
What key investments in research support infrastructure are needed?
8.
Is organizational alignment of research related functions optimal?
9.
Are our capabilities to provide cost share, seed grants, and start-up
support adequate?
10. Where will the resources come from?
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1. How can Purdue’s research strengths be
strategically focused?
• Purdue’s strengths are at interface of life sciences
and engineering, while leveraging potential in areas
such as education, technology, the liberal arts, and
management, and in key interdisciplinary themes
• Examples:
– Energy (e.g. biofuels, hydrogen, coal)
– Preclinical Studies (e.g. nutrition, cancer, biomedical
engineering, animal models, analytical chemistry)
– Defense (e.g. homeland security, anti-terrorism)
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2. How can we build upon the early
success of Discovery Park and the
Purdue Research Park?
• Sustain
• Leverage
• Grow
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3.
How can we strengthen disciplinebased research?
• Continue to build exceptionally strong
discipline-based programs
• Enhance support
– Disciplined-based centers
– Infrastructure
– Graduate Programs
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4.
How can we increase our presence
and influence in Washington DC?
• Establish experienced team to champion
funding efforts
• Establish stronger relationships with
national laboratories
• Increase number of national academy
members among our faculty
• Have greater Purdue presence on policy
setting advisory committees
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5.
How can we continue to increase
faculty leadership?
• Recent faculty hires
• Attract distinguished senior
faculty
• Develop leadership skills
junior faculty
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6.
What are our needs for additional
research facilities and buildings?
• Life Science Research Laboratories
• Animal housing facilities
• Facilities to support defense, energy,
and homeland security research
• World-class conference center
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7.
What key investments in Research
Support Infrastructure are needed?
• Proposal and research
development
• Project launch
• Compliance administration
• Business support
• Marketing and publicity
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8.
Is the organizational alignment of
research related functions optimal?
Essential operations unified in the Office of the
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– A unified vision, guiding principles and
priorities would be used for all operations
– Include commercialization of technology
and pre-award sponsored programs
– Unification has proved effective for most
Big Ten and peer counterparts
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9.
Are the current capabilities to
provide cost share, seed grants, and
start-up support for research faculty
adequate?
• Essential to compete for support
• Current cost sharing pool limits
ability to participate at high levels
for major projects
• Benchmark with peers
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10. Where will the resources come
from?
• F&A Return
• Corporate and Foundation
Partners
• Research Grants
• State Investment
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“Make no little plans. They have no magic
to stir men’s blood . . .”
Daniel Burnham,
Architect and city planner of Chicago