(February 25, 2020) – Under the leadership of Dr. Bernard Arulanandam, Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (REDKE), staff and key stakeholders have initiated the process of creating the division’s next ten-year strategic plan, to be delivered later this spring to President Eighmy.
Deemed “Accelerate 2030”, this document will be the next iteration of its previous planning deliverable. Accelerate 2025, released in 2014, was retired last year as UTSA has reached or will reach all of its goals ahead of schedule, well ahead of the original target date of 2025.
The pathways are:
1 | Human Capital Development
>> HCD Survey
2 | Outreach and Engagement
>> O&E Survey
3 | Rewarding Scholarly Excellence
4 | Transformative Research Programs
>> TRP Survey
5 | Enhancing Research Infrastructure
6 | Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
7 | Innovation and Economic Development
>> IED Survey
8 | Communication
To foster broad inclusion, the teams are focused on convergence, diversity, entrepreneurship, and societal impact as they collect and shape their pathway. As such, the VPREDKE is asking the UTSA community for feedback in further developing Accelerate 2030. Campus participation will be crucial as the strategic plan is shaped to transform UTSA’s research community and innovation ecosystem.
All pathways are soliciting feedback through a variety of methods. Four pathways – Outreach and Engagement, Transformative Research Programs, Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, Innovation and Economic Development – have developed surveys specific to their topics. Your participation is voluntary, anonymous and appreciated. (Please access the links above.)
If you would like more information or to submit your ideas and thoughts, please contact research@utsa.edu.
The VPREDKE will keep the campus community apprised of the progress of Accelerate 2030. The team values the input of the UTSA community and hopes everyone will participate in advancing this strategic planning process for the knowledge enterprise.
