Accelerate 2030
The Office for the Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise has undertaken their next Strategic Plan as staff and key stakeholders created the division’s next ten-year strategic plan. This document was conceived through collaboration and in-depth discussions across all levels of faculty and leadership and is a representation of what can be achieved by working together.
Deemed “Accelerate 2030”, this document is the next iteration of its previous planning deliverable in advancing this strategic planning process for the knowledge enterprise. Released in 2014, Accelerate 2025 was retired in 2019 as our division reached all of its goals ahead of schedule, well ahead of the original target date of 2025.
To foster broad inclusion, the teams focused on convergence, diversity, entrepreneurship, and societal impact as they collected and shaped the pathways. REDKE engaged the UTSA community for feedback in further developing Accelerate 2030. Campus participation was crucial as the strategic plan was shaped to transform UTSA’s research community and innovation ecosystem in the next ten years.
The goal has been to nationally recognized as a research focused university benefiting local and regional communities while having global relevance and impact. This recognition has been acknowledged with the institution being classified Carnegie R1 and becoming NRUF eligible in 2022. With Accelerate 2030, the knowledge enterprise will continue to grow and thrive with the pathways created.
Defined Pathways
- Enhance faculty and research staff cluster hiring initiatives
- Increase STARs and other faculty hiring program applications
- Create research administration leadership pathways for staff and faculty
- Build training and outreach to increase external joint appointments, sabbaticals and intergovernmental personnel agreements