HOW THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH
(EVPR) OFFICE IMPACT GT
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
CHRIS JONES, GREG KING & MONIQUE TAVARES
Designing the Future:
the Georgia Tech Strategic Vision & Plan
http://www.gatech.edu/about/strategic-plan
WHAT WE’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
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EVPR’s Office
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EVPR responsibilities that directly
impact you
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Structure, key offices & personnel
Guiding principles & strategy
Budget
Interdisciplinary Research
Institutes (IRIs)
Limited submission process
Large award support
GT-FIRE
GT’s Innovation Ecosystem
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH (EVPR)
The Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) leads the development of
Georgia Tech’s one-of-a-kind innovation ecosystem, bringing together education, research,
government, and industry in ways once considered impossible. This includes the creation of tailored
industry collaborations that help companies achieve their short and long term goals. The EVPR’s
Office works closely with Georgia Tech’s colleges, faculty, and research units, and provides leadership
for all research, economic development, and related support units within the Institute.
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTES
REPORTING UNITS
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Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
Office of Industry Collaboration
Office of Sponsored Programs
• Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
• Institute for Data Engineering and Science
• Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, Strategic
Energy Institute
• Institute for Information Security and Privacy,
• Georgia Tech Manufacturing
• Institute
• Institute for Materials
• Institute for People and Technology
• Renewable Bioproducts Institute
• Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines
• Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
EVPR ORGANIZATION & DIRECT REPORTS
GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGY
Principles
Promote and support interdisciplinary
research that is
• Led by faculty
• Powered by ideas
• Supported by professionals
Strategy
Support faculty to
• Create transformative opportunities
• Strengthen collaborative partnerships
• Enhance economic and societal impact
TECH’S INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM SPANS
DISCOVERY TO COMMERCIAL INNOVATION
Increasing Breakthrough Potential
Increasing Technology Maturity
Increasing Commercial Maturity
Enterprise
Innovation
Institute
Georgia Tech
Research Institute
Interdisciplinary
Research Institutes
College-Based
Fundamental
Research
Discovery
Research
Use-Inspired
Basic Research
Applied
Research
Technology
Maturation &
Deployment
EVPR BUDGET SUMMARY
Institute Investment
EVPR Operations
IRIs, Research Centers, Task Forces,
Faculty Councils, Research
Administration
7%
EVPR OFFICE $1.37 M
Start-ups, Cost Share &
Modernization
EVPR OFFICE
$6.2M
46%
54%
31%
IRIs & CENTERS $12.8M
ONE-TIME
FUNDS
$7.25M
An additional $4M in GTRC EF&M funds and $2M from GRA
are provided to support these costs.
62%
TOTAL = $20.1M
RESEARCH SUPPORT
$6.3M
TOTAL = $13.5M
WHAT WE’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
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EVPR’s Office
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EVPR responsibilities that directly
impact you
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Structure, key offices & personnel
Guiding principles & strategy
Budget
Interdisciplinary Research
Institutes (IRIs)
Limited submission process
Large award support
GT-FIRE
GT’s Innovation Ecosystem
Visit:
http://www.research.gatech.edu/
faculty-and-staff-resources
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
INSTITUTES (IRI S )
An Interdisciplinary Research Institute
(IRI) provides a focal point for Georgia
Tech’s interdisciplinary research and
transition activities in strategic focus
areas. It serves as steward for Georgia
Tech’s thought leadership role in this
area and as such helps develop,
support, and facilitate interdisciplinary
sponsored research across all Georgia
Tech schools and research units, and
provides an important, but not
exclusive, gateway for industry
collaboration and sponsorship.
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
INSTITUTES (IRI S )
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Parker H. Petit Institute for
Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) –
Bob Guldberg (ME)
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Institute for Robotics and Intelligent
Machines (IRIM) – Magnus Egerstedt
(ECE)
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Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) – Tim
Lieuwen (AE)
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Institute for People and Technology
(IPaT) – Beth Mynatt (IC)
Institute for Information Security &
Privacy (IISP) – Bo Rotoloni (GTRI) &
Wenke Lee (CS)
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Institute for Electronics &
Nanotechnology (IEN) – Oliver Brand
(ECE)
Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)
– Norman Marsolan (ChBE)
Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable
Systems (BBISS) – John Crittenden
(CEE)
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Institute for Materials (IM) – Dave
McDowell (ME)
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GT Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) –
Ben Wang (ISyE)
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Institute for Data Engineering and
Science (IDEaS) – Dana Randall (CS) &
Srinivas Aluru (CSE)
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INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
FACILITIES
• Shared use facilities as costcenters
• Examples:
(i) IEN clean rooms
(ii) IM materials
characterization facility
(iii) IBB/EBB core facilities
(iv) NMR center
• Goal: leverage investment in
facilities/start-up packages to
maximize utilization of
equipment and provide funds
to maintain
LIMITED SUBMISSION PROCESS
• Many RFPs, awards, fellowships
limit the number of submissions
or nominations from an
institution
• EVPR office runs most such
competitions
• Website lists upcoming and
active competitions
https://gatech.infoready4.com/
• License for software, can make
available to others for
competitions
LARGE PROPOSAL/AWARD SUPPORT
• Office of EVPR supports teams
preparing proposals for large
center or training grants
• NSF Centers: ERC, STC,
MRSEC, PFC, CCI, etc.
NSF Training Grants: NRT
DOE: EFRC
• Proposal Preparation
Seminars, Logistical Support,
Team Building, etc.
• Support from IRIs and/or EVPR
Recent Examples:
• SEI supported successful
$11.6M DOE EFRC proposal
in 2013 in ChBE
• EVPR/IBB supporting
finalists in 2016 NSF ERC
Competition; ~120 preproposals, GT has 3/7 final
teams
GT-FIRE
• Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and
Education (GT-FIRE)
• Supported by Provost & EVPR
• Transformative proposals describing new research directions are
sought from any tenure-track faculty. GT-FIRE is not intended to
provide “bridge funding” for ongoing programs where previous
funding has expired, but rather it is designed to seed new
programs. Proposal budgets should be $40K or less over a
duration of two years or less. Innovative collaborative proposals
led by recently tenured PIs are explicitly sought (within 5 years
of tenure, or those tenured in July 2013-2016).
GT-FIRE MINI + BLUE SKY RETREATS
• GT-FIRE Mini - facilitate
interdisciplinary interaction
as a foundation for future
collaboration
• Funds for lunch or other
small expenses
• Blue Sky Retreats support the
opportunity for self-organized
teams to gather for an extended
offsite event to explore/develop
future interdisciplinary research
topics
• Anticipated outcomes range
from exploring entirely new
fields of study, to proposing
• GT-FIRE Mini funds may be
transformative research
requested at any time. Funds
directions for GT, to pursuit of
of up to $1,250 for a full
large funding opportunities
semester.
(e.g., center proposals).
• Simple application process
w/quick turnaround
WHAT WE’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
•
EVPR’s Office
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•
EVPR responsibilities that directly
impact you
•
•
•
•
•
Structure, key offices & personnel
Guiding principles & strategy
Budget
Interdisciplinary Research
Institutes (IRIs)
Limited submission process
Large award support
GT-FIRE
GT’s Innovation Ecosystem
IN THE NEWS:
“Atlanta best city in United States for engineering jobs”
October 27, 2015 Austin, TX based SpareFoot.com
“NCR Corp. gives another new peek at new Midtown HQ”
November 5, 2015, Atlanta Business Chronicle
“Microsoft opens second US Innovation Center in Atlanta”
December 15, 2015 Microsoft Press
“AT&T aims to turn Atlanta into a ‘smart city’”
January 5, 2016, Atlanta Business Chronicle
“Atlanta Heads to SXSW to Show Why We ChooseATL”
March 7, 2016, Hypepotamus
“Keysight Technologies coming to Technology Square”
May 18, 2016, Georgia Tech News Center
“GE puts 250-job global Big Data hub in Atlanta”
June 9, 2016, Atlanta Business Chronicle
“Honeywell to Establish Software Center, Headquarters for Home and
Building Technologies Business in Atlanta” Sept 12, 2016, Atlanta Business Chronicle
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“Anthem plans 1,800 jobs in Atlanta tech center”
Oct 26, MyAJC
*CORPORATE INNOVATION IN METRO ATLANTA
AT&T Drive Studio
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Anthem Innovation Studio
AT&T Drive Studio
AT&T Foundry
Chick fil A Hatch
Coca-Cola External Technology Acquisition
CONA Development & Innovation Lab
Delta Air Lines Innovation Center
Deloitte iLab
Elavon Mobile Innovation Center
Emerson Helix Innovation Center
Ericsson Idea Factory
Ga Pacific Innovation Institute
GE Center of Excellence
GM IT Innovation Center
Home Depot Technology Center
Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security Lab
NCR Mobile Technology Lab
Panasonic Innovation Center
Southern Company Energy Innovation Center
Stanley Black & Decker Digital Accelerator
ThyssenKrupp Research and Innovation Center
Worldpay Technology Center
*Opened Since September 2015
INNOVATION AND PLACE
“Innovation centers
are physical spaces
and/or teams set up
by organizations in a
global tech hub, with
the goal of leveraging
the startup, industry
and academic ecosystems
that these hubs provide”
“Something is happening in Midtown Atlanta. Georgia Tech’s city-centered campus
has become one of the nation’s leading destinations for corporate research
centers…”
Why Today’s Corporate Research Centers Need to Be in Cities - Harvard Business Review
What the area used to look like …….
CORPORATE INNOVATION @ TECH SQUARE
In Tech Square:
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Panasonic Innovation Center
ThyssenKrupp Research and Innovation Center
AT&T Foundry
Home Depot Technology Center
CONA Development & Innovation Lab
Southern Company Energy Innovation Center
Delta Air Lines Hangar Innovation Lab
Anthem Innovation Studio
Emerson “Helix” Innovation Center
Keysight Technologies Software Design Center
UCB Solution Accelerator
NCR Hosted Solutions Lab
Adjacent to Campus:
• Stanley Black and Decker Digital Accelerator
• Worldpay (HQ) Fintech Startup Accelerator Program
• Coca-Cola External Technology Acquisition (HQ)
EXPANSION OF TECHNOLOGY SQUARE
CODA – ORCHASTRATING INNOVATION
• Approximately 600K SF
with about half of that
space being for GT’s
corporate partners.
• Georgia Tech will locate
rotating “research
neighborhoods” in
several academic fields
that benefit from
advanced big data
analytics.
INNOVATION NEIGHBORHOOD
An innovation neighborhood
where new start-up ventures,
large companies, and higher
education collaborate to
develop new technologies
and provide impact to the
region and beyond.
*Physical proximity of GT units and
labs, incubators, students and large
corporate teams.
*Advanced Technology Development Center, Enterprise Innovation Institute,
Georgia Electronic Design Center, Georgia Tech Professional Education, Institute
for People and Technology, Scheller College of Business, School of Interactive
Computing, Many other research centers affiliated with the College of Computing,
the College of Design, the College of Engineering, and the Ivan Allen College
Source: Steve Cross EVPR GT
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[email protected]
Greg King
[email protected]
Monique Tavares
[email protected]
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