8. Changing funding climate drives collaboration
•Research driven ‐ holistic research
examining social, environmental
and economic impacts.
•Competitive funding ‐ diversifying
research portfolio (federal, state,
and private foundation funding)
and productivity expectations
(single PI R21, larger/broader R01,
K grants, U grants)
•Interdisciplinary research and
collaborative teambuilding is a key
strategy to leverage a broad base
of invested scientists and scholars,
for a shared purposed each from
their unique disciplinary
perspective.
New
Funding
Model
Capacity
Building
Grants
Global
Market
Inter‐
disciplinary
Research
15. Department
Research
Profile
• Grants
• Publications
• Expertise
College Areas
of Research
Promise
• Collaboration
• Team Grants
• Expertise
University
Signature
Research Area
• Multi‐ College
Initiatives
• Interdisciplinary
Centers
26. Teamwork makes the dream work:
Collaborative Research Support
Building expertise for Staff @ USF
• THE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
IMPROVEMENT NETWORK (TRAIN®) AT USF
• Certification Program (CRA‐USF/Basic and Advanced)
• TRAIN® Associates and TRAIN® Ambassadors
• Academy of Certified Research Administrators at USF
• USF College Research Administrators Network (CRAN)
• Rx for Research, Steering Committee with
broad participation across colleges
29. 46 USF TRAIN® Associates from colleges
and central areas serve as subject matter
experts assisting in the development of the
CRA-USF curriculum and instruction of the
courses.
30. 19 USF research administrators from
colleges and central areas serve as
TRAIN ® Ambassadors for the program,
helping shape improvements through
collaboration and
team work.
31. FOUNDED 2015
163 USF research
administrators inducted
into the Academy
The mission of the Academy of Certified
Research Administrators at USF is to recognize
research administration as a respected profession;
enhance the visibility of the pivotal role that
research administrators have in USF’s success as a
high impact, global research university; and
to encourage a passion for the pursuit of
excellence in research administration.
32. Quarterly meetings provide members
of the USF research administration
enterprise with a forum to learn
about, share and discuss important
and timely topics pertaining to the
research enterprise.