UC Research Administration: the big picture

Perry WillettUC3/CDL

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The big picture

• UC received $4.3 billion in research funding in FY 2009-2010

• Huge support infrastructure at all levels–UCOP– Campus– School

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UCOP

• Provides systemwide policies, services and guidance

• Office of Research and Graduate Studies

• CDL

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Campus: functions

• Pre-award support• Post-award administration• Responsible conduct of research• Intellectual property• Infrastructure

I used some of the structure and terminology from:Research administration and management by Elliott C Kulakowski; Lynne U Chronister; Research Enterprise.; Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, ©2006.

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Pre-award Support

• Workshops, training• Proposal development• Budget building and approval• Proposal compliance reviews• Proposal approval • Submission

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Post-award Administration

• Award review• Contract negotiations• Account(s) establishment and

financial administration• Purchasing• Human resources administration• Reporting during grant period• Project closeout and final report

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Responsible research conduct

• Institutional Review Board (IRB)• Humane animal use and care• Environmental health and safety• Clinical trial management• Conflicts of interest• Compliance with federal, state,

university regulations• Audits

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Intellectual property

• Tech transfer• Patent licensing• Copyright and trademark

administration• Scholarly communication• Data management and sharing

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Infrastructure

• Library• IT Services• Data centers

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Campus stakeholders

• Vice Chancellor for Research• Executive Vice Chancellor and

Provost– Associate Vice Chancellor for

Information Technology–University librarian

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Vice Chancellor for Research

• Sponsored projects• Intellectual property• Institutional Review Board• Animal care• Compliance• Research units, field stations

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Executive Vice Chacellor / Provost

• Vice Chancellor for Information Technology / CIO– IT/Data centers

• Academic deans• University librarian

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Schools

• Funded on grant overhead• Especially schools of medicine,

engineering• Research administrators• Grant writers• IT staff

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Success!

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Outcomes:

• Data• Publications• Patents• Presentations• Final report

Hypothesis formulation

Explore previous researchFind funding opportunities

Write proposal

Create data management plan

Develop budget

Get approvals

Submit proposal!

Perform research

Collect data

Conduct analysis

Attend grant workshop

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How can the library support these activities:

• Grant workshop• Hypothesis formation• Search for previous

research• Find funding

opportunities• Write proposal• Write data

management plan• Develop budget

• Get approvals and submission

• Perform research• Collect data• Conduct analysis• Outcomes:– Data– Publications– Patents– Presentations