1. DAR Strategic Financial Planning Town Hall Meeting 2015

2. Lab animals and DAR are essential parts of our research enterprise Biomedical research is critical to our mission Animal models support the research of XXX PIs in 32 Departments and units across the campus

3. The DAR Budget: why we are meeting FY14 total costs = 3.7 million dollars Sources of funds: State funding = 1.3 million dollars ($XXX per PI every year) Animal purchases = 0.3 million dollars PI paid per diem = 0.9 million dollars VCR contributions = 1.2 million dollars

5. The DAR Deficit: Factors Investigator use has declined. Operating expenses have increased same as the rest of the University.

7. DAR Strategic Financial Planning Group Members Rashid BashirGreg FreundMartha Gillette Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and Interim Associate Dean, Clinical AffairsProfessor Head Department of BioengineeringCollege of MedicineCell and Developmental Biology Josh GullyBill HelferichChuck Hillman Associate ProfessorProfessorProfessor Department of PsychologyFood Science and Human NutritionKinesiology and Community Health Rod JohnsonMark KuhlenschmidtDave Richardson DirectorInterim Department HeadAssociate Vice Chancellor for Research Division of Nutritional SciencesDepartment of PathobiologyOffice of Sponsored Programs

17. Recommendations The group recommends a staged approach for soliciting financial support: 1.Encourage an academic unit subsidy 2.Reduce DAR operational costs Reduction of under used facility spaces Better technology 3.Escalation of per diem charges 4.Fees on charges paid from unrestricted accounts such as gifts or general funds

18. Implementation Minimize impact on research and investigators Staff reduction from attrition Seek feedback and advice Begin immediately where possible Incremental process Goal of deficit reduction in 3 years

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