Infrastructure is a platform … from which our faculty and students “take off” to explore new frontiers
Backed by UVa research infrastructure
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Computing support
Seed funds for early stage prototyping
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Heat flux in your I-phone = surface of the sun!
10X better cooling on chips
Energy savings at data centers
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Hossein Haj‐Hariri
UVa faculty
Structure of HIV – a roadmap for drugs to prevent HIV infection
• Solve major societal challenges
• Enable creative behaviors that define careers of the future
• Produce foundational scholarship in all fields
Mark Yeager, UVa faculty … using advanced equipment, the electron microscope
• Students will create their own jobs in their lifetime
• Major challenges require highly collaborative solutions, “Most innovative spanning traditional fields
• New external partnerships will be created
• Individual scholars need a launching pad
• Experiential learning for students
companies, 2013” ‐ Fast Company #1 Nike ‐ UVa partner, global sustainability
First, some nuts and bolts … • Flexible, short‐term proposal development assignment teams
• Enhanced post‐award processing services
• Plan for a “Maker’s Space in the Arts”
• Seed funds for distinguishing early‐stage
scholarship
• Computational Infrastructure – flexible assignment teams for a high level of computational fluency, serving all fields
• Expand OpenGrounds spaces and programs
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a nationally‐unique culture of collaboration
1,000 UVA students and 650 faculty/staff in year 1
new partners including Fortune 500 companies, U.S. State Department, The Nature Conservancy, The White House
How will we know we’ve succeeded?
In 3-5 years, an environment that allows our faculty and
students to be the competitive, collaborative, and
creative best they can become ... evident when
• Attract top talent from elite and emerging places
• Elite and emerging places adopt our models
• Work continuously with top external partners
• Obtain funding for distinguishing research in fields that require it
• Research platform supports the individual scholar
• All UVa students engage in experiential learning via meaningful research