Resear的ch Lab Strategy.pptVIP

Research Lab Strategy: Envisioning, Financing, Orchestrating Research @ MITIAP 2003 ~ 1/17/03Joost Bonsenjpbonsen@ /~jpbonsen/ Why “Strategy”? Because aspire to both understand improve how research is undertaken Particularly interested in how the few influence the many to accomplish bold goals Lab Group Center Department Institution-wide Topics Covered Include – University Research Agendae, Sponsor Relations, Faculty Reinvention, Lab Founding, Lab Mergers Splits, Hiring Tenure Decisions, Major Research Initiatives, Lab Culture Community Where we are? Where we’ve been? Where we’re going? MIT Institutional Context Hundreds of Labs Research Volume Periods of Growth Stability Hundreds of Research Labs Research Volume $750 M/year @ MIT, Lincoln, Whitehead 1000 patents in portfolio ~400 disclosures/year ~100-150 patents/year granted ~50-100 licenses/year 12-24 companies/year founded Thousands of publications/year Dozens of MIT-related Nobelists (total) /newsoffice/nr/nobels.html Financials Research Sponsorship Legacy of Institutional Leadership Founding Vision Organizational Strength New Tech Schools Structure Strong Science SHASS Sloan Rad Lab ? RLE How is MIT Organized? Administration vs Academic Schools Departments Centers, Labs, Programs Faculty Groups Alliances, Consortia, etc Key Organizational Drivers Schools Departments – Disciplinary Hiring, Promotion Educational Administration, Degrees Granted Centers Labs – Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations, Spatial Organization Sponsorship Matrix of Schools vs Centers Financial Projections Capacity per Student Fundraising Campaignsare Crucial University Finances Infrastructure Building 20: Magical Incubator The New Sloan (so far) AI Lab as Example Periods of growth and stability Big Labs ~$10-30M/year Faculty $ Research Volumes widely distributed Funding Profiles 35% industrial funding ~$1.8M in reserve NTT is five years $1M directly in research funding to AI Lab + first year fell