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Executive CommitteeMark Burns (MCubed Director, Engineering)
Alec Gallimore (Engineering)June Howard (LSA)
Valerie Johnson (MCubed Managing Director)Charlotte Mistretta (Dentistry)
Mary O’Riordan (Medicine)Robert Ortega (Social Work)
Ann Verhey-Henke (Public Health)Thomas Zurbuchen (Engineering)
Michigan’s Revolutionary
Seed Funding Program
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• Review in traditional funding mechanisms biased against novel, interdisciplinary research
• Most traditional funding sources are slow compared to the pace of research
• U-M is large, broad in research areas, but difficult to know who is doing what across campus
Motivation
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Rapid distribution of seed funding to self-organized,
multi-unit faculty/studentteams to initiate
innovative projects.
What is MCubed?
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MCubed Core Principles
• No formal review: peer-to-peer evaluation, token-based “buy-in”
• Funding through interactive website
Rapid funding of new ideas
Interdisciplinary collaboration • Stimulate innovative research,
scholarship & education• Require cubes span schools and colleges
Education and training focus• Fund students (UG/Grad) and postdocs• Present at MCubed symposia
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How MCubed Works• Faculty get virtual token worth $20K,
based on unit-defined eligibility.
• Faculty create projects on MCubed website. Other faculty respond to indicate interest.
• Faculty member who posted project can commit token to become project owner. Then invites two other faculty to join.
• Cube is 3 tokens from at least two different units = $60K for project.
• Cubes hire personnel (UG/grad, post docs).
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MCubed 1.0 Data (2012-2014 Cycle)
Over 200 cubes funded: All schools and colleges represented plus ISR, Graham, Libraries, LSI, UMOR; 2100 faculty members in system.
Participation: Highest number of faculty in cubes, in ranked order: Medicine (180); Engineering (142); LSA Natural Sciences (74); Public Health (51); and LSA Social Sciences (34)
New collaborations: 75% report never working together as a team before MCubed.
Education: Cubes use undergraduates (23%), graduate students (54%), and postdocs (19%); over 800 total personnel.
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Evaluation of MCubed
Karina Kervin, Doctoral Student, School of
Information
Funded by the Provost’s Office and College of Engineering
PI, Professor Michael Traugott
Co-PI, David Howell
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Outcomes of MCubed 1.0 (Sept. 2014)
External funding: $20M in funded proposals based on MCubed results (60% success rate)
Publications: 39 publications achieved, with 32 under review and 52 in preparation
Invention Reports: 11 cubes filed invention reports or were in the process of doing so
Scholarly Products: 42 cubes achieved products such as artistic performances, conference presentations, interactive websites or platforms, or digital archives
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MCubed Symposia
2013 and 2014
“Impossible not to find something captivating”
“An innovation accelerator in and of itself”
“The excitement in the room was palpable . . . Loved it!”
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Feedback on MCubed 1.0: Strengths
• Catalyzed new multidisciplinary collaborations and high-risk research/scholarship that wouldn’t have emerged or advanced otherwise (even beyond formal MCubed program)
• Provided unique research/scholarship opportunities and multidisciplinary mentoring for students
• Led to larger grants/projects, attracting high ratings because of multidisciplinary work and early results
• Set U-M apart from other institutions
• Functioned as recruitment tool for new faculty
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Feedback on MCubed 1.0: Areas for Improvement
• 85% funds for personnel doesn’t align with ways that research and scholarship occur in many units. More flexibility in spending desired.
• $60K per cube isn’t a “one size fits all” model—too little or too much
• High level of faculty financial contribution per token inhibits participation among faculty with limited discretionary funds
• Administrative challenges in managing funds
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MCubed 2.0
• Addition of mini-cubes ($15K vs. $60K)• Units with 10 tokens or less can restrict
cubing to 1 token per cube from unit• Current cubes can’t form second cube• Increase flexible spending from $9K to
$30K (50% of cube’s funding)
Changes based on input
Timeline• Solidify unit commitments by June 2015• Modify website to handle new rules• Launch program in late summer or fall 2015
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Decisions for MCubed 2.0What MCubed Decides
(general program requirements)What Units Decide
(specific unit requirements)
Rules for cube formation --At least two units per cube --Must be new research/scholarship --No traditional peer review
Definition of eligible token holders by group or category Example: all tenure-track faculty with at least 50% appointment
Schedule of cubing events --Semi-random cubing --First-come, first-served cubing
Maximum number of funded tokens, which equals maximum unit contribution
Rules for spending Funding model per token
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Distribution of Tokens
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MCubed Diamond Program
Funder shares concept for cube.
Faculty respond with specific approaches. Project owner is identified and invites other collaborators.
Donor funds entire project at $60K.