Strategic Focus Area 4: Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

SFA,SG,T,Tactic,RP,Status,StrategyGroup,AP,SG_Status 4,1,1,^Foster growth of University and Kummer Research Centers.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,10,^Foster student entrepreneurship by facilitating the creation of student-led startup companies.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,11,^Incentivize entrepreneurship with a dual focus on groundbreaking technologies and humanities-based initiatives.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,2,^Kummer Ignition Grant Initiative.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,3,^Award capture team to identify grant opportunities and communicate to faculty.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,4,^University Research Center Seed Grants.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,5,^Seed Research Grant Initiative for arts, humanities and social sciences.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,6,^Provide training for non-STEM faculty on RFPs (NGOs, foundations, etc.).^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,7,^Promote excellence in scholarship beyond research expenditures.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,8,^Provide training, coaching, and mentoring for faculty of all ranks to pursue large grants.^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,1,9,^Grow research support structure (staffing and resources).^, ,, ^Grow research, innovation, and entrepreneurship capacity and support infrastructure^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,1,^Operationalize the Protoplex.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,2,^Establish or fill research center director positions.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,3,^Bio-Plex.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,4,^Critical Mineral Testbed Facility and Analytical Support Structure.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,5,^NSF Major Research Instrumentation proposals.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,6,^Create a campus-wide Analytical Instruments Facility.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,7,^Improve IT support for research, including IT infrastructure, CUI data center, and computer replacements.^, Barry Robbins,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,8,^Enforce safety and training requirements in research facilities.^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,2,9,^Facilitate feasibility study of a micro nuclear reactor. ^, ,, ^Grow research infrastructure (equipment & facilities) ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,1,^Increase number of collaborators in large funding proposals.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,10,^Implement FY24 $3M DOL Grant with industry collaborators.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,11,^Increase number of ≥ $10M multi-institutional proposals in core science and engineering (S&E) areas.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,12,^Increase number of ≥ $5M multi-institutional proposals in emerging S&E areas.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,13,^Increase the number to ≥ $1M /year proposals in non-S&E areas.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,14,^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures per faculty.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,15,^Grow annual congressional programmatic and earmark requests.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,2,^Increase number and dollar amount of proposals in College of Engineering and Computing (CEC).^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,3,^Increase number and dollar amount of proposals in College of Arts Sciences and Education (CASE).^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,4,^Increase number and dollar amount of proposals in Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development (KCOL).^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,5,^Hiring of tenure/tenure-track (T/TT) faculty in strategically important areas according to R1 T/TT faculty hiring strategic plan.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,6,^Develop innovative strategies to fund start-up packages (e.g., endowments).^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,7,^Collaborate with Kummer Institute (KI) Center directors to foster the growth and leadership of the centers on large proposals.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,8,^U.S. DOE EPIXC (Energy Program for Innovation Clusters) Manufacturing Innovation Institute.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,3,9,^Implement FY24 $9M MOEXCELS grant with Community College partners and MAE department Chair and Faculty.^, ,, ^Increase externally funded R&D expenditures and foster growth and strategic investments to support research and innovation^, Kamal Khayat, 4,4,1,^Attract externally funded postdocs, such as NSF/NIH/Fulbright postdocs.^, ,, ^Increase research staff (postdoctoral & non-faculty research staff)^, Kamal Khayat, 4,4,2,^Increase number of postdocs.^, ,, ^Increase research staff (postdoctoral & non-faculty research staff)^, Kamal Khayat, 4,4,3,^Increase number of non-tenure-track (NTT) research professors.^, ,, ^Increase research staff (postdoctoral & non-faculty research staff)^, Kamal Khayat, 4,4,4,^Increase number of research engineers/scientists.^, ,, ^Increase research staff (postdoctoral & non-faculty research staff)^, Kamal Khayat, 4,4,5,^Identify new job families to foster growth of KI Centers.^, ,, ^Increase research staff (postdoctoral & non-faculty research staff)^, Kamal Khayat, 4,4,6,^Enable KI and University Research Centers to hire and promote research professors and professional staff.^, ,, ^Increase research staff (postdoctoral & non-faculty research staff)^, Kamal Khayat, 4,5,1,^Increase the number of research-active faculty involved in doctoral student advising.^, ,, ^Increase doctoral degree conferrals in S&E and non-S&E doctoral degrees^, Garry Grubbs, 4,6,1,^Advance research excellence to improve university ranking.^, ,, ^Enhance global recognition of research centers and faculty and support student success ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,6,2,^Promote publications in prestigious journals (e.g., Nature, Science).^, ,, ^Enhance global recognition of research centers and faculty and support student success ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,6,3,^Increase the number of early career faculty awards (e.g., NSF, NASA, DOE, DOD NIH).^, ,, ^Enhance global recognition of research centers and faculty and support student success ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,6,4,^Nominate outstanding faculty for prestigious awards in their fields and assist departments/colleges in preparing nomination packages.^, ,, ^Enhance global recognition of research centers and faculty and support student success ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,6,5,^Increase the number of (inter)national workshops in areas of strength.^, ,, ^Enhance global recognition of research centers and faculty and support student success ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,6,6,^Improve analytical research infrastructure to attract off-campus users.^, ,, ^Enhance global recognition of research centers and faculty and support student success ^, Kamal Khayat, 4,7,1,^Increase the number of invention disclosures.^, ,, ^Increase societal impact of university research^, Timothy [] Faley, 4,7,2,^Increase the number of patent applications from S&T.^, ,, ^Increase societal impact of university research^, Timothy [] Faley, 4,7,3,^Increase the number of intellectual property (IP) related agreements.^, ,, ^Increase societal impact of university research^, Timothy [] Faley, 4,7,4,^Create a campus environment that encourages the formation of new companies.^, ,, ^Increase societal impact of university research^, Timothy [] Faley, 4,7,5,^Promote policy impact of research.^, ,, ^Increase societal impact of university research^, Timothy [] Faley, 4,7,6,^Broaden societal impact through knowledge dissemination, community outreach, and policies.^, ,, ^Increase societal impact of university research^, Timothy [] Faley,