VBRN Annual Retreat 2025
July 17 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
VBRN Summer 2025 Retreat – State of our Institutions (UVM and PUIs)
Thursday July 17 from 11:00 AM -2:00 PM
Location: Dudley H. Davis Center; Silver Maple Ballroom, Room 400
Agenda:
| 11:00 AM | VBRN welcome and announcements |
| 11:10 AM | Sara Helms Cahan, Associate Vice President for Research, UVM |
| 11:30 AM | Discussion session: culture of research across the network: share impacts on campuses (changes for PIs, students, equipment maintenance/acquisition, culture of research, mitigation plans, etc.) |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch and discussion regarding future reporting and RPPRs |
| 1:30 PM | Pursuing industry/academic partnerships |
Ideas for Discussion session:
What are the immediate impacts to changes in research funding and higher education on your campuses?
For current PIs and recruitment of PIs
For current students and student enrollment
For equipment maintenance/acquisition
For the culture of research
Is your institution showing resilience to these changes?
Is your administration being proactive about maintaining faculty and student research on campus in the form of bridge funding or other mechanisms?
Are there other ideas/institutional responses/best practices to share?