Direct Report Goals

Contribute to the Office of Research increase Research Expenditures (H/K Key Indicator – Research Expenditures/yr)

• Draft appropriations requests to federal government for Hypersonics Consortium
• Annually draft appropriation requests (aka ‘Congressionally Directed Spending or Community Funded Projects) in support of NCI designation or other priorities determined by leadership
• Collaborate with VPR on internal approval process for appropriation support
• Organize and execute ‘Research Showcase’ in DC
• Advocate for increase in federal budget for agencies relevant to UC (NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD)
• Draft long-term strategy for engaging and enlisting federal government in UC’s goal for NCI designation
• Plan and execute relationship building activities: 1. Facilitate Hill visits for campus stakeholder (President, SVP Health Affairs, VPR, identified faculty members with active grants or in pursuit of grants) 2. Invite/host delegation and staff on campus 3. Address election outcomes impacting targeted relationship building
• Begin conversations at state level about state support for research

• Federal government increase budget for relevant agencies
• OoR expenditures increase
• Hypersonics Consortium request included in omnibus budget bill
• Submitted CDS/CFP to Congress

Increase or maintain state funding for UC (H/K Key Indicator – Operating Margin)

• Create and execute advocacy plan for increasing/maintaining: 1. SSI; 2. Clinical Teaching lines; 3. UC specific line items
• Strengthen relationships with General Assembly by conducting a regular cadence of meetings with relevant members of the GA (SW Ohio, House and Senate Higher Ed and House and Senate Finance)
• Draft talking points of strategic importance of SSI for use in meeting with GA
• Facilitate UC “Roadshow” to Columbus with relevant campus stakeholders
• Invite targeted members of GA to campus
• Keep campus community informed of higher ed climate in Columbus
• Work with IUC on advocating for budget priorities

• Increased/maintained state funding of SSI, Clinical Teaching Lines and UC Line items
• Operating Margin

Mitigate or negate adverse impact of detrimental legislation on UC (H/K Key Indicator – Enrollment & Economic Impact?)

• Create relationship maps identifying higher ed champions or detractors
• Equip champions with UC data, highlights and success stories to defend against adverse legislation and promote advantages of higher ed
• Lobby/build relationships with detractors with UC data, highlights and success stories

• Adverse legislation defeated or mitigated via amendments

Amplify UC voice and reputation at state and federal level.

• Create and execute advocacy plans that supports UC strengths: 1. Policy opportunities to advance and scale gen-1 programs, 2. Workforce 3. Research and Innovation
• Increase UC presences at state and federal levels: 1. UC leadership and policy makers (and/or staff), 2. Other opportunities as they arise (Science Coalition (fed), Council of Deans(state)

• UC as a thought leader and resource for GA on issues of higher ed and workforce (How to measure this?)

Goal: Strengthen relationship with City of Cincinnati. (for our discussion) H/K Key indicator?

• Clearly identify and communicate shared priorities between UC and City
• Educate council and mayor’s office on UC strategic direction and brief the same on issues as they arise
• Invite mayor, city manager, members of council to campus
• Regular cadence of meetings with city officials to ensure open lines of communication between UC and city

• City is timely and responsive to UC needs (How to measure this?)