Targeted Investments in Excellence (TIE)
Proposals Funded Centrally
Climate, Water, and Carbon Program (PDF)
Cash: $11,350,000; continuing funds: $510,000
Lead Dean: Matthew Platz, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
The Climate, Water, and Carbon Program is a collaborative project of faculty in the Colleges of Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; and Social and Behavioral Sciences; the Byrd Polar Research Center; and the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. The work of these experts will lead to scientific and policy responses to questions of global importance--for example, what is causing abrupt climate change, whether there will be sufficient quantities of fresh water worldwide, and how climate change and water resources will be impacted by fossil fuel combustion.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Mathematical Biosciences Institute (PDF)
Cash: $1,490,000; continuing funds: $725,000
Lead Dean: Matthew Platz, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Lead Communicator: Martin Golubitzky, Mathematical Biosciences Institute
The targeted investment in this initiative of the Colleges of Biological Sciences and Mathematical and Physical Sciences will help us attract exceptional new faculty who work across the boundaries of biology, mathematics, statistics, and computational modeling. It will also expand opportunities for collaboration among biologically oriented mathematical scientists and mathematically oriented biologists.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Public Health Preparedness Program (PDF)
Cash: $3,331,112; continuing funds: $1,457,835
Lead Dean: Wiley (Chip) Souba, Jr., College of Medicine
Lead Communicators: Eric Lutz, Christine O'Malley, College of Public Health
The Public Health Preparedness Program is spearheaded by scholars in the Colleges of Public Health; Medicine; Veterinary Medicine; and Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Their efforts will be complemented by those of researchers in the Colleges of Biological Sciences and Pharmacy. As it accelerates the work being done on food pathogens, avian flu, anthrax, and other infectious diseases, their research can be expected to lead to improved detection, better monitoring, safer food, new diagnostic tools, therapies, and vaccines for human and animal diseases, including those resulting from bioterrorism and natural hazards.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report : May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (PDF)
Cash: $4,780,000; continuing funds: $282,000
Lead Dean: Matthew Platz, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, a collaboration of our Departments of Astronomy and Physics, will provide new opportunities for research at the interface of cosmology, astrophysics, and high energy physics and, so, will allow our faculty experts to address fundamental questions about the nature and evolution of the universe as well as the physics of black holes and the highest energy cosmic particles.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Center for Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (PDF)
(formerly known as the Center for Clean, Sustainable Energy)
Cash: $1,273,000; continuing funds: $704,500
Lead Dean: Gregory Washington, College of Engineering
The targeted investment in the College of Engineering's Center for Clean, Sustainable Energy will expand the center's efforts to address both the national and the global need for energy--now and throughout the next century. Center affiliates will engage in research on clean coal and nuclear power, fuel cells, and new technologies that will allow us to use renewable energy sources for some of our energy needs. Their parallel study of the impact of these technologies on society, the environment, and the economy will help inform energy policy and the development of codes and standards to regulate the new technologies.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Advanced Materials Initiative (PDF)
Cash: $9,090,000; continuing funds: $624,500
Lead Dean: Gregory Washington, College of Engineering
A targeted investment in this collaboration of the Colleges of Engineering and Mathematical and Physical Sciences will support the creation of the Institute for Materials Research to coordinate existing and planned materials activities, facilities, and investment across the university. Because of the broad economic and entrepreneurial impact of materials research, and because such research is vital to so many business sectors within Ohio, the work of the Institute can be expected to have a direct impact on the state's economy.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Annual Report (ENCOMM Portion): May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Population and Health Initiative (PDF)
Cash: $2,189,000; continuing funds: $224,165
Lead Dean: Gifford Weary, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Population and Health Initiative is a project of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and its partners in the Colleges of Education and Human Ecology, Nursing, and Public Health. Building on Ohio State's critical mass of scientists who study population and health, this initiative will allow us to expand our research on such issues as the aging of the industrialized world's population, today's advances in medicine, the spiraling costs of health care, and differential access to effective health care. It will also capitalize on our Initiative in Population Research with its focus on health across populations as well as individual health behaviors.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Translational Plant Sciences Initiative (PDF)
Cash: $3,225,000; continuing funds: $156,500
Lead Dean: Matt Platz, College of Biological Sciences
The Colleges of Biological Sciences and Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences developed the Translational Plant Sciences Initiative to boost our expertise in the molecular plant sciences and to hasten the application of basic research in the plant sciences. As Ohio State researchers collaborate with such external partners as the Department of Energy National Laboratories, Battelle, and the Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center, Ohio's economic growth will be fueled by the enhanced applications in agriculture, medicine, pharmacy, and engineering that will result from the Translational Plant Sciences Program.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
Music, Media and Enterprise (PDF)
Cash: $137,000; continuing funds: $315,500
Lead Dean: John Roberts, College of the Arts
The Music Industry Program offers students both a music business curriculum (including legal aspects of the music industry, music production, and merchandising) and an applied technology curriculum that concentrates on media and multimedia. these opportunities will qualify School of Music graduates for a wider range of career options in the music world--from recording engineer to music publisher, instrument designer, music executive, and more. With help from a targeted investment, this program will keep the School of Music at the cutting edge of the field.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: June 2009
Micro-RNA Project (PDF)
Cash: $6,134,888; continuing funds: $0
Lead Dean: Robert Brueggemeier, College of Pharmacy
The Micro-RNA Project is a collaboration of the Colleges of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Pharmacy, the Department of Chemistry, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Its goal is to develop, validate, and commercialize both tests and Micro-RNA drugs for the diagnosis, monitoring, prognosis, and treatment of human malignancies. Micro-RNAs are a newly discovered family of genetic material that plays a key role in controlling gene expression. Ohio State's focus on Micro-RNAs will lead to the creation of a diagnostic platform and new strategies for cancer therapy.
Award Letter
Implementation Plan
Response to Implementation Plan
Year One Annual Report: May 2007
Year One Review Letter: October 2007
Request for Year Two Annual Report: March 2008
Year Two Annual Report: April 2008
Year Two Review Letter: August 2008
Request for Year Three Annual Report: March 2009
Year Three Annual Report: April 2009
