Strategic Planning
Update
University Senate
February 3, 2003
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February 3, 2003
Strategic Areas of Focus
 People (Compensation and
Rewards, Faculty, Staff, Diversity)
 Education and Research
 Community
 Resources and Leadership
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February 3, 2003
Initiative 2:
Education and Research
Strategy Areas:
 Education
 Research
 Interaction between Levels and
Across Schools and Colleges
 Concentrations of Interest and
Expertise
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February 3, 2003
Research
GOAL: Improve the research support
services and infrastructure to
increase levels of funded and
unfunded high quality research by:

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Developing and implementing criteria,
systems and procedures for "investing"
in best research support services,
physical space and equipment
February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
Goals (cont’d.)
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
Developing and implementing a financial
plan for providing adequate start-up,
cost-sharing, and operating funds to
support research

Increasing the level and quality of preaward and post-award administrative
support services
February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Created the Ad Hoc Committee on Research
Support and Infrastructure to recommend
research infrastructure improvements
 Created a Presidential Research
Advancement Committee (PCRA) to set,
oversee, and monitor implementation and
development of a strategic planning process
for increasing competitively awarded,
federally-funded research
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February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
 Surveyed faculty to identify barriers to
cross-campus collaboration in research and
began to address areas of concern
 Awarded $1.65 M in Wall Funds to support
development of projects in areas of existing
strength, to increase competitively awarded
research funding, and to build research
infrastructure:
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February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
Wall Fund Awards:
 Creation of a Start-Up and Cost Sharing Fund:
$600,000
 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers: $500,000 endowment
 Tulane Structural Proteomics Initiative: $200,000
 Neuroscience Center: $150,000
 Center for Computational Science: $150,000
 Renal and Hypertension Center of Excellence:
$50,000
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February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
 Developed new university cost-sharing policy
 Reorganized Office of Research
Administration to facilitate multi-campus
proposal submissions and award
administration, and strengthen expertise
 Streamlined routing, signature, and review
processes
 Created a web-based Oracle database of
proposals and awards, accessible to all
faculty
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February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
 Joined federal demonstration partnership to
reduce research administration burdens
 Financial accounting and grant writing
workshops, cost sharing training sessions,
NCURA training broadcasts offered
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February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
GOAL: Increase the amount of competitively
awarded, federally funded research, with an
emphasis in the sciences and engineering
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February 3, 2003
Tulane NIH Awards,
5-year* Comparison by School
School
FY98
FY99
FY00
FY01
FY02
% change
Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Engineering
$405,536
$210,017
$632,157
$128,943
$902,598
$145,442
$936,976
$184,413
$1,169,852
$165,539
24.85%
-10.23%
Subtotals
$615,553
$761,100
$1,048,040
$1,121,389
$1,335,391
19.08%
National Primate Research Center
Base Grant
$5,253,828
Other
$2,624,758
Primate Center Subtotal
$7,878,586
School of Medicine
$16,088,121
SPHTM
$4,776,655
$5,670,982
$2,904,824
$8,575,806
$13,954,689
$2,870,799
$5,731,111
$4,348,263
$10,079,374
$17,797,539
$4,042,020
$5,984,645
$3,163,146
$9,147,791
$16,604,138
$4,796,208
$7,827,029
$8,560,663
$16,387,692
$17,512,175
$4,107,718
30.79%
170.64%
79.14%
5.47%
-14.35%
Subtotals
$28,743,362
$25,401,294
$31,918,933
$30,548,137
$38,007,585
24.42%
Grand Total
$29,358,915
$26,162,394
$32,966,973
$31,669,526
$39,342,976
24.23%
*Tulane Fiscal Year
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February 3, 2003
Tulane NSF Awards,
5-year* Comparison by School
School
FY98
FY99
FY00
FY01
FY02
Liberal Arts and Sciences
$2,416,804
$1,766,730
$1,158,597
$2,046,297
$3,777,709
84.61%
$305,448
$468,599
$1,472,833
$1,689,115
$1,160,833
-31.28%
$0
$0
$0
$0
$10,000
$11,960
$0
$106,645
$10,451
$0
$2,734,212
$2,235,329
$2,738,075
$3,745,863
$4,948,542
32.11%
$319,612
$250,779
$181,151
$98,517
$688,050
598.41%
$35,988
$101,329
$99,708
$357,382
$191,474
-46.42%
$355,600
$352,108
$280,859
$455,899
$879,524
92.92%
$3,089,812
$2,587,437
$3,018,934
$4,201,762
$5,828,066
38.71%
School of Engineering
Social Work
Other Departments/Centers
Subtotals
School of Medicine
SPHTM
Subtotals
Grand Total
% change
*Tulane Fiscal Year
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February 3, 2003
Research
(cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Federal
Awards
Uptown
Campus*
FY
1998
FY
1999
FY
2000
$5.3M
$11.2M
$10M
Health
Sciences
$40M
$37.4M $44.5M $50.4M $52.6M
Total
FY
2001
FY
2002
$20.1M $20.4M
$45.3M $48.6M $54.5M $70.5M
$73M
* Sciences, Engineering, and Centers (CBR, Computational Science, Latin
American Studies, NCUC, Payson)
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February 3, 2003
Indirect Funds Awarded, Federal
1998-2002*
$ in millions
$20
$15
$10
$5
$FY 98
FY 99
Uptown Campus
FY 00
FY 01
FY 02
Health Sciences
* Tulane Fiscal Year
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February 3, 2003
Research (cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
Sponsored
Awards
FY
1998
FY
1999
FY
2000
FY
2001
FY
2002
Uptown
Campus*
$8.3M
$17.3
$19.7
$33.5M
$33.5M
Health
Sciences
$54.8M
$52M
$59.6M
$67.7M
$71.3M
Total $
$63.1M $69.3M $79.3M $101.2M $104.8M
* Sciences, Engineering, and Centers (CBR, Computational Science, Latin
American Studies, NCUC, Payson)
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February 3, 2003
Indirect Funds Awarded, All
Sponsored, 1998-2002*
$20
in millions
$15
$10
$5
$FY 98
FY 99
FY 00
Uptown Campus
FY 01
FY 02
Health Sciences
* Tulane Fiscal Year
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise
GOAL: Identify faculty leadership groups for
each of the areas of concentration of
interest and expertise (i.e. those areas
identified during the planning process:
environmental, health science/biomedical,
international/area studies,
urban/community) to inventory current
activities in each area. Identify next steps to
expand and find funding opportunities for
each area
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise (cont’d.)
GOAL: Develop an ongoing process to identify
other possible university-wide themes that
cut across multiple schools and colleges;
build on existing or potential expertise,
interest, and strength; and have the
potential to further differentiate Tulane
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise (cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Held 3 Presidential Symposia in the areas of
Infectious Diseases (Fall 01), Neurosciences
(Spring 02), Urban Studies (Fall 02)
 Invited prominent scholars to review areas
of strengths; resulted in the formation of
national advisory committees
 Formed an ad hoc Bioterrorism Task Force
to offer guidance to the university and
community in the wake of September 11
terrorist attacks
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise (cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
 Strengthened existing & encouraged new
strategic partnerships and alliances to
promote education and research,
technology transfer and economic
development in Louisiana and the region:
 Louisiana Gene Therapy Research
Consortium
 Tulane Cancer Center
 Neuroscience research
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise (cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
 Infectious diseases research
 National Center of Excellence in
Women’s Health
 NEH Regional Humanities Center
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise (cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
Wall Fund Awards:
 Renal and Hypertension Center of
Excellence: $50,000
 Neurosciences Center: $150,000
 Tulane Structural Proteomics Initiative:
$200,000
 National Endowment for the Humanities
Regional Humanities Center for the
Deep South: $200,000
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February 3, 2003
Concentrations of
Interest and Expertise (cont’d.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (cont’d.):
 Center for Computational Science:
$150,000
 Collaborative Efforts between the
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and the Department of
Environmental Health Sciences:
$474,000
 Center for Ethics and Public Affairs:
$300,000
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February 3, 2003
Work in Progress:
Major Initiatives
 Hire Associate Senior VP for Research
 Continue to build a foundation of start-up
funds to recruit new faculty
 Continue to increase competitively
awarded funding
 Continue to improve research
infrastructure (space, equipment, graduate
student support, IT, libraries)
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February 3, 2003
Work in Progress:
Major Initiatives
 Continue to enhance the effectiveness of
post-award research administration
 Create more opportunities to honor and
recognize research productive faculty
 Expand technology transfer and business
development opportunities
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