1. Research Administration

2. Request Endorse URC recommendations for UCAPT manual, reflecting collaborative research. Upon URC completion, endorse standards for authorship and attribution. Build the Culture of Excellence and Innovation: Advocate for Quality and New Forms of Scholarship

3. Review Peer Assessment Review from NCURA: –CalTech, Emory, UCSF/Berkeley, Northwestern Process Review IT Review (in progress)

4. Research Administration Priorities Integration –Integral part of research enterprise –Defined roles and responsibilities Image –Quality assurance and service –Great work environment Improvement –Implement external review recommendations –Streamline administrative processes Innovation –Use information technology to simplify and improve work

5. Thanks Research administrators absorbed big increase in volume last year, stepping up to ARRA in particular. Our administrators have been very flexible to accommodate late submission of proposals.

6. Actions Change in DCG reporting line Administrative Task Force (11 members) –DCG, Schools, SPA, Compliance, HRA, ICT, Advancement URC as feedback mechanism User survey Integrated DCG website PARiS placed in test mode/reassessment Will shorten and simplify PAR Quality assurance guarantee Positive confirmation for e submission

7. Implementation Tracking

8. We Must be Innovative in How We do Research

10. Creativity and Collaboration Issues: sharing, new media, dynamic publication, search, networked science… New collaboration fund supporting faculty Series of workshops last spring December event to showcase innovation in scholarship Developing IT to support collaboration

11. www.usc.edu/research