Guide to EAB’s University Research Presentations
Explore the University Research presentation offerings available and schedule a presentation.
In partnership with Strategic Leaders, EAB’s Research Advisory Services experts work actively with partners to find best practices that suit your institution, and to help you make sound decisions that attract institutional support. We can bring our research to your team, for a single focused session or multiple sessions adapted to different audiences.
The University Research Forum offers presentations for diverse audiences, including Vice Presidents of Research, Academic Research leadership, and Research Development professionals.
If you are interested in having EAB experts present to a group on your campus or facilitate a discussion, we recommend reaching out to your Strategic Leader one month before a virtual session. For some especially popular times of year (e.g., the start of the semester, around spring and fall board retreats) we recommend reaching out three months in advance, or as early as you can.
Strategic Research Development
Increase competitiveness for large and complex federal opportunities
Overview:
- Identifying and aligning institution strengths with large and complex federal opportunities
- Empowering faculty leaders and supporting faculty teams to pursue multidisciplinary awards
- Crafting compelling proposals that stand out in the hyper-competitive funding environment
Recommended audiences: research leadership, institutional leadership, academic research leadership, research development professionals, research administrators
Ways to bring this research to your institution:
- Inform executive leadership about research development opportunities
- Research leadership meeting
- Research development strategy brainstorming or working session
- Keynote for team retreat
- Advisory session with EAB subject matter experts
Industry and International Partnerships
Growing collaboration with industry and international partners
Overview:
- Aligning institutional expertise with corporate interests and marketing capabilities
- Attracting the right types of partners and properly stewarding partner relationships
- Coordinating efforts across teams and the university to better engage a diverse
portfolio of commercial and transnational partnerships - Developing optimal relationship management structures and services based on industry and partnership type
Recommended audiences: research leadership, research administration team, compliance officers, associate deans for research
Ways to bring this research to your institution:
- Executive leadership and stakeholder education
- Research leadership meeting
- Keynote and/or workshop for team retreat
- Advisory session with EAB subject matter experts
Foreign Interference
Preparing the campus for a new era of workplace flexibility
Overview:
- Contextualizing historic relations between the US and global research powers in Europe and Asia
- Reviewing recent key events related to foreign interference in research, and the reactions from policy makers and universities
- Projecting future scenarios based on recent events, and discussing how universities could respond
- Implementing effective short-term protection measures to help safeguard the university’s research enterprise
Recommended audiences: research leadership, institutional leadership, academic leadership
Ways to bring this research to your institution:
- Educate executive leadership about emerging research compliance challenges
- Compliance brainstorming and advice working session
- Workshop for team retreat
- Advisory session with EAB subject matter experts
Faculty Development
Helping faculty achieve their full research potential
Overview:
- Bolstering training to increase award success rates
- Supporting faculty to attain next-level funding through targeted preparation programs
- Helping faculty chart a path for their research career
- Cultivating leaders and sustaining research activity post-tenure
Recommended audiences: research leadership, research development professionals, faculty affairs leadership
Ways to bring this research to your institution:
- Faculty development committee meeting
- Keynote and/or workshop for team retreat
- Advisory session with EAB subject matter experts
Ensuring researchers spend more time on scholarship and less on paperwork
Overview:
- Pinpointing administrative areas most in need of improvement and ensuring that proper support is effectively leveraged across the research enterprise
- Streamlining processes to reduce administrative burden
- Implementing effective pre- and post-award organization structures and staffing models
- Utilizing new strategies to hire and retain talented staff
Recommended audiences: research leadership, research administration team, compliance officers, associate deans for research
Ways to bring this research to your institution:
- Research leadership meeting
- Faculty development committee meeting
- Keynote and/or workshop for team retreat
- Advisory session with EAB subject matter experts
Research Communications
Communicating the value of university research
Overview:
- Organizing and training communication teams for the greatest impact
- Engaging faculty to better communicate with the media and general public about the value of their work
- Optimizing communication channels, including best-in-class website design, content creation, and social media strategies
- Optional facilitated interactive workshop to train faculty on how to describe their research and its impact to the broader public
Recommended audiences: research leadership, director of research communications, departmental and central office communications staff, associate deans for research
Ways to bring this research to your institution:
- Executive leadership and stakeholder education
- Communications strategy brainstorming and working session
- Keynote and/or workshop for team retreat
- Advisory session with EAB subject matter experts