1. Research and Leadership in the Modern Age Eamon Kelly, Ph.D.

2. Background • Tulane University – President Emeritus/Professor • Association of American Research Universities (AAU) – Board Chair • National Science Foundation (NSF), USA – Board Chair • National Center for Research on Advanced Digital and Information Technologies (Digital Promise) – Board Chair • Global Center for Research on Advanced Digital and Information Technologies (Digital Promise – Global) – Board Chair • National Science Commissions • Rwanda • Korea • Others

3. Basic Concepts • Rationale of conference- • driving social forces • Role of leadership • Guiding research principles • Setting research priorities • Research management

4. Rationale • Demographic forces • Resource constrained • Develop infrastructure • Human • Physical • Financial • Allocate research funds • Research management efficiency • Government- Political • Funding ministries and donors • Principle investigators

5. World Population

6. Leadership

7. Leadership Institutions • Habits of thought • Ways of doing things Education • Science • Diplomacy • War • Corruption • Information Technology

8. Leadership • Challenges • Equilibrium • Projecting needs and priorities • Challenge to leadership

9. Guiding Research Principles

10. Guiding Principles • Development/ Applied Sciences Focus • Interdisciplinary • International • Information technology

11. Information Technology • Nanotechnology • Moore’s Law • Web-based research • Closing digital divide • Silver bullet

12. Information Technology • Collaboration 1) Local 2) Regional 3) Global • Creation of “Labor Pools” • Database • Investigators • Panelists/researchers • Visiting committees • M&E staff

13. Setting Research Priorities

14. Setting Priorities • Government – national goals • Funding agency – selects fields of investigation • Institutional goals – areas of comparative advantage • Principle investigator (PI) – project selection

15. Collaboration • Continuing dialogue on priorities • Boards • Advisory Boards • Visiting Committees • Peer review panels • Program managers • Workshops • International contacts • Other

16. Criteria for Success in Priority Setting • Autonomy of funding agency • Academic freedom for the PI • Collaborative approach • Transparency • Trust across the spectrum

17. NSF Priorities 1998-2002 • Health of the Sciences • STEM education • Environment • Nanotechnology • Information technology • International science and technology

18. Research Management • Allocation of Resources

19. Funding Agency • Autonomous and independent • Strategic planning • Program design capabilities • Careful development • Programs take time • Systematic and comprehensive program evaluation

20. Principle Investigators • Merit review process: 1) Well funded 2) Flexibility 3) Monitoring and evaluation • High-level research objectives • International collaboration

21. Principle Investigators • Principles for merit review: • Expert Assessment • Impartiality • Transparency in process • Integrity and Ethics

22. Strategic Planning

23. Strategic Planning Funding Agency • Mission • National need • Comparative advantage • Goals and objectives • Resource development and allocation • Overcoming constraints • Role of Leadership

24. Strategic Planning Principle Investigator • Your own strategic plan • Mission and Goals • Comparative advantage • Overcome constraints • Time • Financing • Other

25. Future Research • Critical Role • Era of Science and Development • Era of huge population growth • Shortage of scientists • Overcome constraints • Era of global scientist