Post on 30-Dec-2015
Progress Report for EuroCRIS:
Identifying Principal Investigators for CRIS
12.11.2009
Aija Kaitera
University of Helsinki, Rector’s Office
University of Helsinki in a nutshell
• Established in Turku 1640• Bilingual (Finnish and Swedish),
tuition also provided in English• 11 faculties• 35,200 degree students, 45,000
continuing education and Open University students
• 3,800 researchers and teachers• 193 mEUR Research funding (total
funding 562 mEUR)• 7,000 Scientific publications
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Universities are separated from the State Budget and direct State steering.Choice either to be corporations subject to public (UH) law or foundation subject to private law.
University Collegium
CRIS development at the University of Helsinki
Why do we need to identify Principal Investigators?
Show full volume of research
• Current research environments and networks do not fully conform with departmental and faculty structures.
Identify full affiliated research staff
• The person responsible for a research proposal and its practical implementation may not be employed by the university
Principal Investigators in strategic planning and research management
• Will improve the creation of a research profile at the unit, network and University levels,
• Will promote both the setting of research objectives and operations management,
• Will empower the persons designated as principal investigators and clarify their role at the University regardless of their source of funding and
• Will enhance the conditions for communications and research administration.
A principal investigator at the University of Helsinki is typically a person who
• Steers and leads research independently• Has completed an applicable doctoral degree and is qualified as an
independent researcher• Has access to the necessary resources (facilities, funding, equipment)
for independent research• Supervises doctoral students and/or mentors post-doctoral researchers
as well as (in applicable research fields) leads a research group, and • Is placed on the third or fourth level in the hierarchy of research
positions. (1 Graduate Student, 2 Post-graduate Student, 3 Senior Scientist, 4 Professor)
• NOTE: – The principal investigator need not be employed by the University of
Helsinki. – In relevant fields of research, the principal investigator can also be an
independent researcher without a research group.
Identification process
• First round based on Rector’s decision 5/2009– All Faculties identify Principal
Investigators by 11/2009
– Rector’s preliminary definition can be modified by Faculty/Department
– Re-evaluation every four years
• Onwards: – Status applied through CRIS
– Application by a wanna-be-Principal Investigator, can have multiple departments
– Approved by one department director
– Re-evaluation every four years
Rights and obligations of a principal investigator• Recognised status and a high profile in the academic
community. • Responsibility to design research projects, to achieve project
objectives and to promote the application of research results. • Responsibility to fulfill administrative and financial obligations. • Teaching related to the research work for 5% of the annual
workload without separate compensation (PI on UH salary paid from research grant)
• Participation in the management of collective University affairs (for example, review applications for University research funding)
Research Information System TUHAT
PublicationsOther output
Principal Investigators Affiliated Researchers
ProjectsFunding
Units, NetworksResearch Groups
University Datawarehouse
Manual submissionManual submission
WoS, ArXiv, EndNote, Refworks, Finnish databases
Portal, Webservice
Portal, Webservice
ReportsCRIS, Dawa
ReportsCRIS, Dawa
DSpaceDSpace
Thank you!
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