Building a Sustainable Portfolio of Core Facilities: a Case Study.
Building a Sustainable Portfolio of Core Facilities: a Case Study.
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DOI：
10.7171/jbt.18-2903-003
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发表时间：
2018-09-01
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Ott, Andrew
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作者：
Hockberger, Philip;Weiss, Jeffrey;Ott, Andrew
核心设施是现代研究机构的重要组成部分。在这里，我们描述了过去十年来西北大学为建立可持续的核心设施组合所做的努力。通过仔细的战略规划、协调、投资和监督，我们开发了一种管理核心设施的模型，可以满足 2 个校区的 3 所学校的研究人员的需求。我们的管理模式是核心董事和中央管理人员之间的合作伙伴关系，在地方一级维持对每个设施的运营控制，以确保研究人员的需求得到满足。中央行政监督确保设施符合联邦法规、财务健全并符合机构优先事项。这种混合管理模式由确保设施长期生存和成功所必需的四大支柱组成：核心人员、核心空间、机构投资和机构评估。有了这些支柱，我们的设施就能很好地实现其关键价值主张，展示大学投资的强劲回报，并确保设施在可预见的未来仍然是研究生态系统充满活力、可持续的组成部分。
Core facilities are an integral component of modern research institutions. Here, we describe our efforts over the past decade to build a sustainable portfolio of core facilities at Northwestern University. Through careful strategic planning, coordination, investment, and oversight, we have developed a model for managing core facilities that addresses researchers' needs within 3 schools across 2 campuses. Our management model is a partnership between core directors and central administrators that maintains operational control of each facility at the local level to ensure that the needs of researchers are being addressed. Central administrative oversight ensures that facilities are compliant with federal regulations, are financially sound, and align with institutional priorities. This hybrid management model is comprised of 4 pillars that are essential and necessary to ensure the long-term viability and success of facilities: core personnel, core space, institutional investment, and institutional evaluation. With these pillars in place, our facilities are well positioned to fulfill their key value propositions, to demonstrate a robust return on the university's investment, and to ensure that facilities remain vibrant, sustainable components of the research ecosystem for the foreseeable future.