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REACH NC is a publicly accessible and searchable web-based portal that uses advanced technologies to enable quicker and easier location of faculty experts in North Carolina. The uniqueness of REACH NC lies in the partnership of public and private universities and research institutes to make the portal and REACH NC brand and mission a truly statewide effort. New features under development will allow users to search for core laboratories, equipment, and other assets. Unlike other similar portals, REACH NC includes experts not only from the biomedical sciences but from a broad range of disciplines including social science, education, and business. The initiative was launched by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University with support from University of North Carolina General Administration, and has since been expanded to include 13 other North Carolina public universities, Duke, and RTI International. REACH NC now contains over 8,300 expert profiles representing these 17 institutions. REACH NC aims to act as a ‘one stop portal’ to enable quicker and more effective location of experts for collaborative opportunities for internal and external partners. Private companies, economic development agencies, and university faculty and staff have utilized REACH NC to find partners for collaboration on research projects and proposals, obtain technical assistance or consulting, showcase statewide expertise for economic development, and find speakers, reviewers, and mentors. View the Case Study: http://universityeda.org/value-to-members/best-practice-sharing/awards-of-excellence/awards-of-excellence-2013-finalists/research-engaement-and-capabilities-hub-of-north-carolina-reach/
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How do you find and connect toan expert within North Carolina?
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The Solution: REACH NC
•A searchable statewide portal that allows North Carolina to tap into its vast pool of experts and resources. •Allows those inside and outside academia to access researcher expertise and assets easily. •Makes visible over 8,900 researcher profiles from 19 North Carolina higher education and research institutions.
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A partnership of universities, non-profits & economic development agencies
• First and largest such statewide implementation to include experts from many different research fields.
• The REACH NC portal is growing to include tools such as a statewide facility and resource finder.
• More than 208,000 unique visitors to website over the past year.
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REACH NC: a study in collaboration
Scalability •Since launch of initial profiles from NCSU and UNC Chapel Hill, initiative has been scaled to include 17 additional institutions.•Had conversations with several other states who are interested in implementation of research networking portals.
Sustainability:•Creation and maintenance of experts profiles easy, largely automated.•Diversification of services and increased usage will continue to increase value of the portal.•Operations Council to advise on technical sustainability.•Executive Council to address long-term sustainability.
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Benefits and impacts to four main audiences of REACH NC
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internal external
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• Help researchers identify new collaborators outside their existing networks.
• Reduce time and effort to aggregate information for reports.
• Identify faculty to form new teams to apply for internally- and externally-funded awards.
• Identify subject matter experts to speak at events, serve as mentors, and sit on review panels.
“Working with Army special ops experts and Army Research Office to understand technical challenges at hand, I used REACH to find experts within UNC who could help solve the problem.” – Kathie Sidner, Defense Applications Engineer, UNC System
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• Identify collaborators and consultants for external partners.
• Access expert reviewers, speakers, and advisors.
• Highlight NC’s expertise and capacity for economic development purposes.
• Answer public inquiries about publications and research.
“REACH NC was crucial to find experts to consult on two economic development projects: one for a landfill gas to renewable energy project, and one for a tire recycling company relocating to this state.” – Tom White, Director of Economic Development, NC State University.
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