OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR - RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

October 23, 2024

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ALL ACADEMICS AND STAFF AT UC SAN DIEGO (Excluding UC San Diego Health System)

Deadline Extended for Faculty Ambassadors to Advance Strategic Plan Research Themes

As previously announced, my office is seeking four Faculty Ambassadors to represent:

  • Health Sciences
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography 
  • General Campus: Sciences and STEM 
  • General Campus: Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

These individuals will play a crucial role in connecting faculty across campus and advancing our Refreshed Strategic Plan Research Themes. Given the importance of their work, they will be provided a $10,000 annual discretionary funding supplement which can be applied to summer salary, course buy-out, or other costs that follow campus and departmental approval processes.

The application deadline has been extended to November 8. Submissions will be accepted via our InfoReady system until then.

I hope you will consider applying, share this opportunity with colleagues, and feel free to email vcresearch@ucsd.edu with your nominations for faculty who you feel would excel in the role described below. We will ensure nominees are informed about the nomination and application process.

Responsibilities of Faculty Ambassadors include:

  • Engaging stakeholders in strategic plan and research theme activities
  • Promoting and facilitating participation in funding opportunities 
    • Strategic Convene and Influence Award
    • Research Theme Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Award
    • Innovation Award
    • Grand Challenge Award
    • Any mechanisms identified subsequently.
  • Attending meetings to provide updates on progress
  • Supporting the dissemination of research products
  • Collaborating with the ORI Research Development team to identify external funding opportunities

Further details and access to the application are available here on InfoReady.

We appreciate your participation and assistance as we work to build a cadre of capable and energetic Faculty Ambassadors to advance and foster outstanding research around the university’s Strategic Plan Research Themes.

Best regards,

Corinne Peek-Asa
Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093