Welcome to the April 10th CPI meeting

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• Welcome to the April 10th CPI meeting
• Todays agenda includes the following items
• Update and summary of CPI Principal Investigator
  survey Dr. Lori Taylor, Associate Professor,
  Bush School of Government and Public Service and
  CPI Executive Committee member
• Intellectual Property Constituent Committee
  (IPCC) Update Dr. Richard Gomer, IPCC Chair and
  Professor of Biology
• Update on The Texas AM University System Office
  of Technology Commercialization Mr. Brett
  Cornwell, Associate Vice Chancellor for
  Technology Commercialization

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The CPI Principal Investigator SurveyUpdate and
Summary 

• Lori L. Taylor
• Bush School of Government

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The CPI Principal Investigator Survey

• Email survey of all PIs at Texas AM, AgriLife
  Research, HSC, TEES and TTI
• Conducted the first five days of March, 2013
• Approximately 10 of the 2,200 PIs responded
• Half of the responding PIs who identified their
  role are full professors
• 94 are tenured or tenure track professors
• Mix is generally representative of the PI
  community

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Objectives of the Survey

• Identify topics for discussion/presentation at
  upcoming CPI meetings
• Measure PI satisfaction
• Inform the PI community about recent CPI
  activities

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Please indicate your degree of interest in the
following topics for discussions/presentations
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How familiar are you with the CPI?
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Do you know the name of your CPI
representative(s)?
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How would you rate the overall health of the
research enterprise at Texas AM University?
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Which of the following best describes your
opinion about the research enterprise at Texas
AM University?
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How effective is the CPI in addressing PI
concerns?
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PI Satisfaction with the CPI

• 37 of the respondents believe that the CPI is
  effective at addressing PI concerns.
• Common concerns for those who think the CPI is
  ineffective include
• A desire for improved communication between CPI
  and faculty
• A call for increased influence and authority for
  the CPI, including the capacity to take strong
  positions with the administration and external
  agents on behalf of faculty

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Action Items

• The CPI-EC will work to ensure that the topics
  most interesting to PIs are covered in upcoming
  meetings
• The CPI needs to do a better job of communicating
  with the PI community

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• Questions?

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Acknowledgements
Thank you for attending todays meeting. Copies
of todays presentation materials are be
available at http//cpi.tamu.edu/meetings The
next CPI meeting will be held on May 8th, 2013 in
Rudder 601. Activities and staff assistance
for the CPI is provided through equal annual
funding support by the Texas AM AgriLife
Research, Texas AM Health Science Center, Texas
AM Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas AM
Transportation Institute, and the Texas AM
University Division of Research.