Come back soon.Southern University and A & M College
P. O. Box 9272
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813-9272
Vice Chancellor: Dr. Robert L. Ford
Associate Vice Chancellor: Dr. Emmanuel Osagie
Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor: Mrs. Brenda R. McNeely
To consolidate and coordinate policies, operations and units related to research,technology transfer, and associated external affairs activities. As is the case with a number of HBCUs experiencing unprecedented external funding opportunities and potential to partner with the public and private sectors,restructuring to optimize institutional capacity to respond is necessary first step. Improved capacity for funds and facilities acquisition, project management, faculty and student development, partnership and consortia building, technology-driven commercial initiatives and strategic management of external relations activities are expected outcomes of an appropriately restructured research enterprise.
We are now witnessing an unprecedented period of increasing investments in HBCUs by federal agencies. The combination of changing demographics, newly discovered political clout, and relationship building with agency decision-makers has, for the first time, made HBCUs serious deliverers of federal mission services. HBCUs with sufficient infrastructure are being called upon to host major conferences, manage federal and state facilities and functions and to conduct relevant training activities. The growing popularity of the cooperative agreement mechanism, strategic consortial arrangements, and multi-disciplinary center organizations and partnerships with the private sector are all becoming commonplace occurrences with HBCUs as has been the case with Major Research Institutions. These non-traditional arrangements, in the very favorable climate for HBCU development, have become the strategic basis growth and development at competitor institutions. Of course, success in garnering funds demands demonstration of capability for project execution, management and reporting. Therein lies the institutional challenge to assure that practices, as well as policies promote success in these endeavors. The right mix of resources, both human and capital, makes for sustained growth and development of a comprehensive external program enterprise.
1. To organize the array of research-related campus-based activities under a responsive and supportive management structure.
2. To develop and manage a set of appropriate research and sponsored programs policies and procedures consistent with an aspiring institution.
3. To create a supportive environment that encourages excellence in acquiring, managing, and generating deliverables associated with research and related externally sponsored activities.
4. To build and manage an effective external liaison function that links the University with local, state, national and international public and private sector entities.
5. To generate data products that measure progress of the unit and the research enterprise and to guide senior management in allocating resources to further development of an appropriate sponsored program enterprise.
6. To promote greater faculty involvement in research and sponsored programs.
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