November 16, 2015

KU’s Research Caliber:  strengthen skills and retain top performers

• This project is complete, but progress will continue to be tracked
• Held four additional class sessions of “Research Administration 101” (64 enrolled).
• Participated in all-day meeting with fellow Kansas higher education research administrators regarding issues of mutual professional interest, especially regarding issues around the topic of Uniform Guidance.

Pursue System Improvements:  implement tools that increase faculty and administrative efficiency; collaborate with KUMC where feasible

• No new updates.

KUCR Efficiency:  strengthen operations, processes, and overall effectiveness

• This project is complete, but progress will continue to be tracked.
• Continuing to develop management tools and reports in Tableau.  Training is currently being conducted on the newly developed Post-award Services dashboard.