1. Growing SUNY’s Research and Innovation Enterprise
Grace Wang
February 1, 2018

2. Chancellor Johnson’s Vision for SUNY
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Individualized Education
Sustainability
Partnerships

3. Operational Infrastructure Research & Economic Development Policies
Enterprise
Researchers
Innovators
Entrepreneurs
Operational Infrastructure
Research & Economic Development Policies
R&D Facilities
Funding
Capacity

4. How to reduce administrative burden to faculty?
In 2015, on average, 39% of full-time doctoral S&E faculty’s primary work activity is research*
How to reduce administrative burden to faculty?
Source: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). Limit to academic S&E doctorate holders who reported that research is either their primary or secondary work activity.

5. How to enhance cost efficiency of RF services?
Source: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey (HERD).

6. Cancer Immunotherapy
CRISPR: Site-specific Gene-editing
Vaccine Design
CLARITY: The imaging technique
Mini-Organs
Human Cloned Embryos
Why We Sleep: Brain Mapping & Imaging
Our Microbes, Our Health

7. Machines
Smart Machines
Cognitive Systems

8. Emerging Opportunities

9. SUNY Research by Numbers (FY 2016-2017)
$940M Sponsored programs expenditure
~2,700 Active principal investigators
7, Projects
1, Sponsors

10. SUNY’s scope and breadth is our unique asset and challenge
Data is critically important

11. How might we provide highly effective, cost efficient, agile, and data-driven administrative services?

12. Supporting the Growth of SUNY’s Research and Innovation Enterprise
Jeff Cheek
February 1, 2018

13. Today And The Path Forward
FY2018 Operating Plan
Efficiency through automation
Sponsored programs and compliance
Keeping fringe rates competitive
Technology transfer
RF Strategic Plan FY2019 and Beyond

14. Efficiency Through Automation
Sponsored Programs Administration
SUNY PACS: Phase I - Phase II – Phase III
RF Report Center
Innovation and Partnerships
Oracle-Inteum Integration
Human Resources
Manager Self-Service
E-Time Reporting

15. Sponsored Programs – Compliance – Competitive Fringe
Campus Learning and Development Analysis and Plan
Fringe Benefit Implementation
Effort Reporting
Postdoc Employee Fringe Benefit Rate Implementation

16. RF Strategic Plan What We’ve Learned
Strengths: people, knowledge base, and customer service
Weaknesses: fragmentation and financial position
Opportunities: new talent – at all levels of the organization – and new forms of collaboration, especially with industry and at system-scale
Threats: changing and challenging funding environment with escalating regulatory and compliance burdens

17. RF Strategic Plan Vision
The Research Foundation for SUNY will be the best-in-class partner to SUNY, providing agile administrative solutions that enable SUNY research and innovation to transform the knowledge economy.
Mission
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides efficient and effective technology platforms, talent and services that empower SUNY to research, innovate, and transfer discoveries that build a better world.
Values
Service Innovation
Growth Diversity
Transparency Integrity

18. Thank You