Research

Research

Goal 1: Identify and promote high-impact, transformational, interdisciplinary research areas.

Goal 2: Advance the SOE’s research reputation.

Goal 3: Develop partnerships and a community to drive research and innovation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goal 1: Identify and promote high-impact, transformational, interdisciplinary research areas.

Objective A (complete): Identify high-impact, transformative, interdisciplinary areas for research green check mark

Strategies: 

  • Increase internal funding support and external grant-writing support for the identified areas

Strategies:

  • Hire 10 new faculty in 3 years with proven records or strong potential for research in the identified areas.
  • Create 2 endowed chaired positions that can attract or retain high-performing faculty in identified areas.

Strategies: 

  • Leverage strengths in the SOE for creative and impactful modes of communication.
  • Strengthen existing and build new relationships and collaborations with educational organizations.
  • Provide seed funding for innovative and interdisciplinary revenue producing endeavors.

Strategies:

  • Identify and develop projects in each center and institute that contribute to the area and promote these throughout the SOE, campus, and university.

Goal 2: Advance the SOE’s research reputation

Strategies:

  • Increase books and peer-reviewed articles produced by faculty through expanded writing group opportunities and summer funding for article/book production.
  • Increase media coverage and social media posts about faculty and their publications.

Strategies: 

  • Increase the percentage of research-eligible faculty with external research funding.
  • Increase sponsored research support from foundations, industry, and government by 50% over a 5-year period.
  • Increase the proportion of research assistantships for PhD students supported by external funding.
  • Find ways to make research assistantships cost less for externally funded projects.
  • Double the number of external awards over $1 million.

Strategies:

  • Prioritize DEI in every faculty and research-related hire.
  • Increase the number of historically excluded faculty members in the SOE.
  • Incentivize historically excluded faculty member participation in research support activities.
  • Increase the number of grants received by historically excluded faculty by 100%.

Strategies:

  • Increase the percentage of interdisciplinary grant applications by 50% over 5 years.
  • Develop interdisciplinary working groups within the SOE that span departments.

Goal 3: Develop partnerships and a community to drive research and innovation.

Strategies:

  • Find donors to endow a fund to support research technology and physical infrastructure.

Strategies:

  • Convene faculty to identify barriers to collaboration and necessary changes to practice or policy related to cross-department and cross-campus research.
  • Convene small groups of faculty members to facilitate cross-department and cross-campus research projects.

Strategies:

  • Develop clear and transparent research metrics and reporting tools shared with the entire School community.

Strategies:

  • Provide yearly funding to pay for 10 undergraduates to work hourly on research projects (faculty members apply for the funding and undergraduates apply for the positions).
  • Provide yearly funding to pay for 10 master’s students to work hourly on research projects (faculty members apply for the funding and undergraduates apply for the positions).
  • Provide research focused courses for new undergraduate programs.
  • Develop interdisciplinary research groups that include both faculty and students.

Strategies:

  • Consolidate SOE committees and service obligations.
  • Rethink faculty roles in order to free up research time for research-focused faculty.