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<big>'''Assignment of Research Laboratory Space Policy'''</big> | <big>'''Assignment of Research Laboratory Space Policy'''</big> | ||
== Basis for Policy == | == Basis for Policy == | ||
Rapid expansion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) research enterprise has led directly to the development of a merit-based system for assignment of research space. This policy exists to ensure that the procedure for assignment of research space is transparent and that all research space assignments are subject to the same evaluation criteria and standards. This policy applies to all research laboratory space on the UNMC campus and is based upon research expenditures. Research expenditures are more stable than grant/contract award data and are in alignment with the methodology utilized by the NU system | Rapid expansion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) research enterprise has led directly to the development of a merit-based system for assignment of research space. This policy exists to ensure that the procedure for assignment of research space is transparent and that all research space assignments are subject to the same evaluation criteria and standards. This policy applies to all research laboratory space on the UNMC campus and is based upon research expenditures. Research expenditures are more stable than grant/contract award data and are in alignment with the methodology utilized by the NU system. It is expected that all Deans, Directors and Chairs will collaborate with the Office of Research to ensure that the assignment of research space under their aegis aligns with this policy. | ||
== Policy == | == Policy == | ||
Research expenditures per square foot of assigned space is the metric used to evaluate research space assignments. Expenditure data, coded PCS2 signifying research, are provided annually by Sponsored Programs Accounting. Expenditure data includes both direct and indirect expenditures from the research accounts associated with individual investigators. | Research expenditures per square foot of assigned space is the metric used to evaluate research space assignments. Expenditure data, coded PCS2 signifying research, are provided annually by Sponsored Programs Accounting. Expenditure data includes both direct and indirect expenditures from the research accounts associated with individual investigators. | ||
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*Training grant expenditures are not counted towards research space but may warrant assignment of administrative space specific to the needs defined by the grant. | *Training grant expenditures are not counted towards research space but may warrant assignment of administrative space specific to the needs defined by the grant. | ||
*Unfunded new faculty may be assigned research space based on research expenditures from their start-up package or considered under the umbrella of a research mentor or the department chair’s expenditures. | *Unfunded new faculty may be assigned research space based on research expenditures from their start-up package or considered under the umbrella of a research mentor or the department chair’s expenditures. | ||
*Senior faculty without research expenditures for more than three (3) years | *Senior faculty without research expenditures for more than three (3) years may not be individually-assigned Type A laboratory space although they may be assigned core lab space, an office nearby for collaboration, or Type B research space, for activities such as mentorship of a graduate student or other collaborative research activities as confirmed in writing by the department chair or a funded principal investigator. | ||
*All office and lab spaces in all buildings assigned exclusively to the investigator by name will be included. These spaces include common equipment rooms, tissue culture and animal facility procedure rooms exclusively for their use (not animal housing rooms) as well as offices for any associated mentored faculty, graduate students, post-docs or administrative personnel. | *All office and lab spaces in all buildings assigned exclusively to the investigator by name will be included. These spaces include common equipment rooms, tissue culture and animal facility procedure rooms exclusively for their use (not animal housing rooms) as well as offices for any associated mentored faculty, graduate students, post-docs or administrative personnel. | ||
*Departmental administrative space will not be counted towards the chair’s research space assignment. | *Departmental administrative space will not be counted towards the chair’s research space assignment. | ||