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A Paradigm for Interdisciplinary Research

A. H. Rebar, DVM, Ph.D.Senior Associate Vice President for Research

Executive Director of Discovery Park

DISCOVERY PARK IS:Purdue’s hub for interdisciplinary and translational research, conceived as a place where scholars from all disciplines could work together to define whole new areas of research and solve grand challenges.

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Hall for Discovery and

Learning Research,

completed Fall 2009

Drug Discovery Facility,

completed Spring 2014

Gerald D. and Edna

E. Mann Hall,

completed Spring

2007

Bindley Bioscience Center,

completed October 2005, and

Multidisciplinary Cancer

Research Facility, completed

Spring 2014

� Bindley Bioscience Center

� Birck Nanotechnology Center

� Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship

� Center for Predictive Materials & Devices

� Cyber Center

� Discovery Learning Research Center

� Global Sustainability Institute

� Center for the Environment

� Energy Center

� Purdue Climate Change Research Center

� Center for Global Food Security

� Purdue Water Community

� Oncological Sciences Center

� Purdue Center for Drug Discovery

� Purdue Center for the Science of Information

� Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering

Birck Nanotechnology

Center, completed Fall 2005

Burton D. Morgan Center

for Entrepreneurship,

completed Fall 2004

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Investment in DPAs of 06/30/14

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Endowments ($14M)

Research Equipment ($36.8M)

Buildings ($192M)

Research Expenditures ($773M)

$1.05 Billion!

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� Strong technical and administrative support for large interdisciplinary centers

� Immediate track record of institutional success with large interdisciplinary research efforts

� Sustainable infrastructure

A WIN DIFFERENTIATOR FORPROPOSALS

� Administrative• Administrative model

breaks down barriers to build interdisciplinary collaborations

• Business team: Sponsored Program Services and Business Administration

• Project coordination

• Web site integration

• Special events

� Technical• Research Cores –

partner with academic units

• Expert technical staff

• State-of-the-art facilities with supporting group office and meeting space

INFRASTRUCTURE

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� Established in 2006

� Partners with Principal Investigators in preparation of large, interdisciplinary, multi-college proposals

� Serves as key resource in matters related to University policies for proposal development and submission

� Extremely positive feedback; model propagated to all academic units

PRE-AWARD SERVICES

� Enable large interdisciplinary research grants

• More than 13 projects of $5M or higher, of which 9 projects are $10M or higher

• Since DP inception, ~$880M in research awards

• Averages 25% of total Purdue research portfolio

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: DISCOVERY WITH DELIVERY

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Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) $15 million;, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) $15 million initial award, $12 million renewal; Department of Energy

Center for Science of Information$25 million; National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center

Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)$25 million initial award, $30 million renewal; National Institutes of Health

NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology/Cyber Platform$14.5 million, National Science Foundation

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)$105 million, National Science Foundation

√√√√ Interdisciplinary in nature √√√√ Affiliated with a core center√√√√ Sponsored programs √√√√ Often opportunistic

LARGE-SCALEEXTRAMURAL PROJECTS

� Providing facilities and infrastructure

• 148,000 sq. ft. research laboratory space

• 107,000 sq. ft. office and support space

• $36.8M in new research equipment

• $105M in gift funds; $5M from State


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� Building partnerships• 100+ industrial partners• 100+ university partners• 20 international partnerships

� Facilitating commercialization opportunities

• 80 start-up companies


� Redefining the student experience• >1500 undergraduate entrepreneurship

certificates, >4300 participants (as of December 2014)

• 650 Interns for Indiana (IfI) students matches to 230 start-up companies (as of December 2014)

• > 650 Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship Program (DURI) students (as March 2015)

• 300 graduate students


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Research DevelopmentAssistance for larger, interdisciplinary

proposals

Lynne Dahmen

Senior Grant Writer

Office of the Executive Vice President for Research

and Partnerships

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Purdue Research DevelopmentOur services and resources

http://www.purdue.edu/research/funding-and-grant-writing/overview.php

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Grant WritingLarge proposal development and consultation services

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Be IntentionalBasic grant writing strategies apply to any proposal

And so you just threw everything

together?… Mathews, a posse is something you have

to organize.” From The Far Side by Gary Larson

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Proposal PreparationOutlining a tailored and intentional plan

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Key Strategies We UseStrategies to steer you away from common trouble spots

•tell a compelling story

•respond to solicitation

•answer “Why Purdue?”

•know your reviewer

•conduct internal review

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Storyline is FoundationalWe will work with your team to implement a storyline process






• good science is a story

that begins with a problem

• narrative gives coherence

• hooks reviewer so

weaknesses are not fatal flaws

• What is the problem?• What is the problem?

• What has been done already to

address the problem?

• What is the gap that remains?

• How do you propose to address

this gap?

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Knowing the SolicitationWe will track requirements into your document and prepare you to write






• follow all instructions

• outline before writing

• assure eligibility

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Creating RationaleWe will help identify your win differentiators






expertise, facilities, prior work,

campus environment

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Identifying Your AudienceWe will be vigilant regarding the reviewer needs






• writing for expert and

non-expert

• be kind…parallel

formatting, white space

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Getting FeedbackWe can identify expert reviewers, plan logistics, and organize response






• plan from beginning

• formal or informal

• someone familiar with

sponsor, program, or

general area of research

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How Else Can We Help?Arrange for high-quality, easy-to-read graphics

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How Else Can We Help?Write content , leverage resources, and manage the process

• one-page concept paper for

sponsor

• campus partners and resources

• non-technical writing

• compiling/editing

• document control

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How Else Can We Help?Tame the supplementary documents

• draft letters, postdoctoral

mentoring plans, data

management plans

• edit biographical sketches

• compile conflict of interest

lists

• Sketch out logic models and

work breakdown structures

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How Else Can We Help?Access resources

• Management Plan

Self-Assessment

• Letters of Individual or

Institutional

Commitment

• Postdoctoral Mentoring

Plan Template

• Tips for Major Research

Instrumentation

Proposals

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How Else Can We Help?EVPRP e-Pubs for searchable, citable, up-to-date institutional text

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ovpr/

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How Else Can We Help?Provide boilerplate for proposals

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How Else Can We Help?Create compelling broader impact initiatives

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How Else Can We Help?Virtual Rolodex for broader impact partners at Purdue

http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/256966

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Good News…Invited for a Site Visit!Sue Grimes oversees site visit logistics

• serve as point of contact for

logistics

• organize facilities and related

needs

• help with slide, poster, and binder

material design and production

• coordinate Red Panel Review

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Contact us for support

• Large proposal support: Sally Bond

[email protected]

• Smaller consult services:

[email protected]

• Site visit coordination: Sue Grimes

[email protected]

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