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CHANCELLOR’S FACULTY
EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
Fostering a Culture of
Interdisciplinarity at NC State
Warwick A. Arden, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Friday, October 2, 2015
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OVERVIEW
CHANCELLOR’S FACULTY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
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NC State’s Strategic Plan Goals
1. Enhance the success of our students
through educational innovation.
2. Enhance scholarship and research by
investing in faculty and infrastructure.
3. Enhance interdisciplinary scholarship to
address the grand challenges of society.
4. Enhance organizational excellence by
creating a culture of constant
improvement.
5. Enhance local and global engagement
through focused strategic partnerships.
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Goals of Chancellor’s
Faculty Excellence Program
• Hire outstanding faculty
• Expand interdisciplinary research opportunities
• Increase federal funding
• Create new academic programs to meet student demand
• Meet the needs of constituents as a land-grant institution
• Diversify the faculty
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JAN
2016
JAN
2012
JAN
2013
JAN
2014
JAN
2015
COHORT 1
COHORT 2
Call for
proposals
Sep 2011
CFEP
Symposium
Apr 2014
12 clusters
funded
Feb 2012
CFEP
Symposium
May 2015
Call for
proposals
Oct 2014
8 clusters
funded
Apr 2015
20 hires now
on campus
Fall 2013
Faculty proposal submission & review
Creation of cluster search committees
Recruiting and hiring new faculty; space renovation
New faculty on campus and making impact
First new hire
on campus
Fall 2012
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Carbon Electronics
Microbiomes and Complex
Microbial Communities
Bioinformatics
Data-driven Science
Digital Transformation
of Education
Environmental Health Science
Forensic Sciences
Genetic Engineering and Society
Geospatial Analytics
Global Environmental
Change and Human Well-Being
Innovation + Design
Personalized Medicine
Synthetic and Systems
Biology
Translational Regenerative
Medicine
Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food
Security
Global Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene
Leadership in Public Science
Modeling the Living Embryo
Sustainable Energy
Systems and Policy
Visual Narrative
Cohort 1: 12 Clusters, 38 Positions
Cohort 2: 8 Clusters, 33 Positions
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Hires to Date: 41
By College
Ag & Life Sciences
49.8%
Design1
2.4%
Education2
4.9%
Engineering11
26.8%
Humanities & Social Sciences
24.9%
Management1
2.4%
Natural Resources
37.3%
Sciences13
31.7%
Textiles1
2.4%
Vet Med3
7.3%
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Costs to Date: $32 M
Salaries & Benefits
$6,747,558 21%
Startup$17,537,551
55%
Space$7,744,660
24%
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
CHANCELLOR’S FACULTY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
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Creating a Cultural Shift at NC State
New way of identifying research areas
New way of creating interdisciplinary groups
New way of recruiting and hiring faculty
Setting the stage for success
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41 Outstanding Faculty in 12 Clusters
T Professor6
14.6%
T Assoc. Professor
1229.3%
TT Assoc. Professor
614.6%
TT Asst. Professor
1741.5%
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Funded Grants: $12.4M
Top four sources
• National Science
Foundation: $6.9M
• National Institute of
Health: $2.6M
• Department of Interior:
$1.2M
• Department of
Education: $0.4M
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Interdisciplinary Academic Programs
Bioinformatics
• Master of Bioinformatics
& Ph.D. programs
Forensic Science
• Proposals for M.S. &
Ph.D. programs
Genetic Engineering
& Society
• Graduate minor in GES
• NSF IGERT Ph.D. minor
program in Genetic Pest
Management
Geospatial Analytics
• Master of Geospatial
Information Science &
Technology program
• Graduate Certificate in GIS
• Proposal for Ph.D. program
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NC State Faculty Diversity
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Female Hispanic Asian African-American
29%
3%
11%
4%
41%
2% 4% 4%
41%
10%
17%
5%
Fall 2014 All TT Fall 2014 New TT Faculty All CFEP
Note: CFEP totals include hires who did not indicate ethnicity
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“Doing ‘Cluster Hiring’ Right,”
Inside Higher Education, 9/30/13
“Hiring that Crosses Disciplines Can
Create New Tensions,” Chronicle of
Higher Education, 2/24/14
“Opinion: UNC Should Find Additional
Ways to Grow Research,” Daily Tarheel,
3/26/14
National Press
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GENETIC ENGINEERING &
SOCIETY CLUSTER
CHANCELLOR’S FACULTY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
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Dr. Fred Gould
• William Neal Reynolds
Professor of Agriculture
• CALS Department of
Entomology
• Joined NC State in 1978 as
a Research Associate
• Member of the National
Academy of Sciences
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Illustra
tion b
y D
avid
Park
ins
Science
can’t
solve it
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Jason Delborne Jennifer Kuzma Zack Brown
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Dr. Jason Delborne
• Associate Professor of
Science, Policy & Society
• CNR Department of Forestry
& Environmental Resources
• Joined NC State in Aug 2013
• Areas of expertise:
– Science, Technology & Society
– Environmental Policy
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Society for Social Studies of Science
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LOOKING FORWARD
CHANCELLOR’S FACULTY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM