Summary of the Report to THECB April 2010
Summary of the Report to THECB April 2010 UTSA STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH
Vision To become a premier public research university providing access to educational excellence Interdisciplinary focus on: Health Security Energy and Environment Sustainability Human and Social Development
2009 Expenditures by Funding Source Institution-controlled $2 618 437 Private $3 485 019 State $13 451 908 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009 Federal $26 966 123
2009 Expenditures by Federal Agency USAID $3, 442, 872 DOT $ 313 153 HUD $ 396 179 DOC $ 1 505 326 NSF $ 3 394 677 DOD $ 6 608 033 NASA 468199 110 DOL $ $180 DHS $ 1 532 736 DOI $ 375 076 DOA $ 925 337 DED $ 3 795 548 DHHS $ 15 313 995 DOE $$151 490 MISC 66 019 SBA $ 2 588 922 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009
2009 Research Expenditures by Field of Study Arts & Business Education Humanities Administration $1 303 535 $1 946 751 $1 419 626 Other Sciences not listed $4 660 685 Biological & Other Life Sciences $17 927 064 Social Sciences $3 064 338 Psychology $267 764 Physical Sciences $5 308 769 Engineering $8 182 795 Mathematical Environmental Sciences $221 659 $546 510 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Expenditures Report 2009 Computer Science $1 671 991
Plan to Increase Research Funding selective hiring in these targeted areas multidisciplinary institutes external partnerships & collaborations seed funding for collaborations increase graduate student support
Advanced Manufacturing Sustainability Archeological Research Water Research Human & Social Development ICARE Cyber Security Energy Process Security • Demography Real Time Simulation & Visualization Child and Adolescent Policy High Performance Computing SALSI Health • Neurosciences • Stem Cells Infectious Diseases
Research Partnerships University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio South Texas Technology Management (STTM) Southwest Research Institute (Sw. RI) UT Austin Permian Basin Brownsville Other Educational Institutions CPS Energy SAWS Energy Industry Governments Military International Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR)
Undergraduate Education updating enrollment management increasing our support for enrolled students increase student success indicators
Key Performance Indicators % incoming freshman from the top quartile in high school proportion of graduate students first-to second-year persistence four- and six-year graduation rates ratio of FTE students to student headcount number of baccalaureate graduates pursuing advanced degree programs
New Doctoral Programs Designed to: Complement the areas of UTSA’s research excellence Meet regional needs and impact • Ed. D. in Child and Adolescent Development • Ph. D. in Psychology • Ph. D. in Economics • Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering • Ph. D. in Translational Sciences
Faculty Development work-loads (time for research) recognition of research accomplishments seed grants for collaborative research Expanded research infrastructure Research mentoring of new faculty
The Competition for Tier 1 Metrics (for 2020) UTEP UTA UTD TT UH* Enrollment (K) 29. 5 35 22 40 40 Research Expenditures ($M) 120 70 150 New Faculty 200 Ph. D. Grads/yr 200 240 Endowment (M) 6 -yr Graduation Rate (%) * 2015 72 UNT 90 100 200 300 400 215 70 54
Basis for Research Growth Projections Alignment with Federal priorities (e. g. Health, Energy, Cyber security) Stimulus (ARRA) seeding new projects SALSI funding seeding new projects New research faculty hires Research facilities (e. g. AET) Expanded external research partnerships Commercialization of intellectual property
Tier 1
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