Grand Challenges Town Hall Rick Van Kooten Vice Provost for Research Sept. 18, 2015 Whittenberger Auditorium Grand Challenges: IU-Bloomington Emerging Areas of Research Strategic Research Investments

Grand Challenges The Bicentennial Strategic Plan calls for the selection of Grand Challenges—“major and large-scale problems” that have the “potential to advance a discipline or address some major problems of humanity” and can “only be addressed by multidisciplinary teams of the best researchers.” Aligns with the above Tremendously exciting opportunity to enhance research across campus!

Key part of a collection of strategic research initiatives IU System-Wide: o Grand Challenges o IUCRG o Arts & Humanities New Frontiers IU Bloomington: o Arts & Humanities A&H Council o Emerging Areas of Research o Strategic Research Investments

Key part of a collection of strategic research initiatives IU System-Wide: ~$300M o Grand Challenges IU Bloomington: o Arts & Humanities A&H Council o Emerging Areas of Research o Strategic Research Investments

Key part of a collection of strategic research initiatives IU Bloomington: ~$120M o Grand Challenges o Arts & Humanities A&H Council o Emerging Areas of Research o Strategic Research Investments

Project Funding & Themes IUPUI Overarching Theme (GC led from there must fall within theme) “Urban Health and Well Being” IU School of Medicine Overarching Themes (“ “ “) “Precision Medicine” – down-selected to this one for first round “Population Health” “Improving Health at Life’s Transitions” Funding from combination of school, campus, and university sources Proposals that involve collaboration across campuses or between IU and Purdue will be eligible for additional university funding Faculty from these units may participate in Grand Challenge initiatives in other areas led by colleagues at IU-Bloomington where overarching themes have not been imposed (and vice versa)

Project Funding & Themes IU Bloomington? Due to diversity of research across campus, No “pre-selected” overarching theme Bottom-up from faculty Funding from combination of school, campus, and university sources Proposals that involve collaboration across campuses or between IU and Purdue will be eligible for additional university funding

IU Bloomington Funding/Scope 3 – 5 Grand Challenges Base Funding (continues indefinitely) ~12 – 16 new IUB faculty hires per Grand Challenge Cost shared with relevant school/college Cash Funding for IUB faculty (spent within 5 years of award) Postdocs (~15), grad students (~40), start-up, equipment per Grand Challenge of specific Grand Challenge initiatives

Current IUB Grand Challenge Ideas/Initiatives Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (discovery & management) Sustainability and Systems Resilience (include focus on water) Promoting health equity in Indiana (possible teaming with IUPUI; urban & rural models) Global aging Language in the 21st century Educational crisis in urban areas Transforming biomedicine through virtual tissues Cybersecurity: Creating trustworthy cyberspace; trust, resilience, and governance for Hoosiers; Cyber peace …additional ones welcome!

Current IUB Ideas/Initiatives (cont’d) Exascale computing systems Animal migrations: force of nature in human health ecosystem services, and biodiversity Human well-being: challenge of modernity Interdisciplinary food research & teaching Systemic risk in financial market networks Ending sexual violence and assault on campus Accelerating geothermal heat-pump technology Multidisciplinary approaches to understanding development and expression of social behavior Some came out of last Spring’s Town Hall Met with many of the groups individually through summer Eager to talk with more, brainstorm, help with resources

IU Bloomington: some resources (see handouts; web pages) …plus other research centers for collaboration, collaboration tools

Emerging Areas of Research Part of overall Grand Challenges Strategy, but distinct from specific Grand Challenge Initiatives IU – Bloomington initiative & component of Bloomington Strategic Plan Grand Challenges although large in scope, will only be a subset of campus research Some research necessarily not as multidisciplinary as Grand Challenges

Emerging Areas of Research Goals Make strategic investments to advance emerging areas of research based on IU Bloomington’s strengths. Areas not expected to be nearly as extensive in scope as the Grand Challenges (e.g., hiring ~1-3 faculty, ~4 postdocs, ~10 graduate students per area) Significantly enhance the volume, quality, impact and reputation of research To improve faculty’s ability to compete successfully for more ambitious and diverse external research support, create valuable intellectual property with possible commercialization To facilitate collaboration that enables faculty to leverage resources in pursuit of common goals

Emerging Areas of Research Criteria Capitalize on existing strengths Addition of resources makes research world-class (either among many peers or due to unique nature of area owing to novel approach to some discipline(s)) Strategic and focused with defined and achievable goals Disciplinary or multidisciplinary Collaborative team and the addition of internal resources can attract the external competitive, philanthropic, and/or corporate funding necessary to sustain the work to successful completion

Emerging Areas of Research Process Up to six projects selected over five years Proposals not selected may be revised and resubmitted in the future, or considered for other types of funding Proposals that have a strategic relationship to a Grand Challenge project already identified for funding could potentially be evaluated and funded under a Grand Challenges initiative

Emerging Areas of Research Tentative Timing (different from May Town Hall discussions; new since then is two Grand Challenges selected in first round, so longer in ~parallel with GCs) Early Fall 2016: (after GCs) proposals due Late Fall 2016: Review and recommendations Before end 2016: Decision announced Timing and interplay with Grand Challenges in future rounds tuned accordingly

Strategic Research Investments Campus funding distinct from Grand Challenges or Emerging Areas of Research initiatives Forward-looking areas to address important issues where we are not well-represented One time or limited-term funding requests Limited amount of funding for highly strategic and impactful investment

Looking Forward Everyone still invited Willing to meet with and have continued discussions with any group(s) Already collaborative discussions have been very useful! Not selected for full proposal for Grand Challenge? o Potential for other internal funding (e.g., IUCRG) o Future rounds, future partnerships o Consider as Emerging Area of Research o Just go after external funding regardless! Anyone interested welcome to attend specific break-out sessions immediately after the Town Hall (see handout, projected at end)

Looking Forward Questions?? grandchallenges.iu.edu ovpr.indiana.edu/grand-challenges1/grand-challenges/ Town Hall Meeting Arts and Humanities Programming and Research Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, 4 – 5:30 PM Slocum Room, Lilly Library