Do you have a creative idea that reflects UC ANR's mission and public values and will generate sustainable revenue to support your program delivery and reach? Does that idea just need a little help to get it off the ground? If an investment into the idea will help its launch and ensure its success, UC ANR leadership wants to hear about it!
The intent is to use a small portion of reserve funding to secure UC ANR's ability to meet the needs of all Californians. These investments are for the implementation of new ideas and approaches to funding our programs, and not intended to provide bridge funding or grant support. This “venture capital” will be used to launch novel approaches to cost-recovery or income-generation related to program delivery.
Here are a few examples:
- Establish a new partnership model
- Build a fee-based online curriculum or micro-accreditation offering
- Invest in a platform that has novel delivery or subscription use
- Establish a fee-for-service lab or services
- Develop a fee-based speaker series
All UC ANR personnel located throughout the state – academics and staff, field-based and campus-based – are eligible.
Expected outputs
- A new revenue stream that contributes to financial security of the program, while increasing or maintaining program reach that is consistent with the UC ANR mission
- Capital repayment – payments must begin within 12 months of award with complete repayment targeted within a 24-month period
Submissions will be received and reviewed on an ongoing basis until the allocated reserve funds ($300,000) are depleted. Any funds not used will remain in the reserve pool.
Read more about the submission and selection process at https://ucanr.edu/sites/Professional_Development/files/335333.pdf.
- Author: Kit Alviz
UC Delivers communicates your project's measured outcome for your clientele around learning and action and how these contribute to broader UC ANR condition changes and public value. It now displays in a blog format, which makes it easier to share.
We need your stories! Find UC Delivers in your UC ANR portal under Blogs. Click on it to get started and follow this template for structuring your blog post. When you are satisfied with your post, click "make this post live." Since this is a moderated blog, it will be reviewed by blog manager Kit Alviz (kit.alviz@ucop.edu) for content and formatting before it goes live.
UC Delivers can help you…
- …get recognized!
Blogging on UC Delivers shares the impact of your extension work, positioning you as a leader. UC Delivers posts are shared with UC ANR senior leaders, county directors, Development Services and Strategic Communications, who share the examples of public value with federal funders, legislators, UC regents and potential donors. UC Delivers is featured on UC ANR's About webpage. Stories are also posted on the national Land Grant Impacts database, which is the source of stories shared with members of Congress to show how Americans benefit from investing in agricultural research and extension.
- …grow your network!
Write a UC Delivers to increase your reach to new and existing clientele via social media. Easily share your UC Delivers on platforms like Twitter and Facebook by clicking “Share” on the upper right side of the blog, and use the new social media summary from your blog post. Also, follow the UC Delivers blog to see your colleagues' outcomes and connect with them.
- …strengthen your merit/promotion!
UC Delivers are recognized as popular articles in the UC ANR merit and promotion process.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
On Aug. 8, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order for U.S. employers to have the option to defer the collection of employee payroll taxes through Dec. 31, 2020.
Two weeks ago, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on this optional program. This program would call for the OASDI Social Security taxes deferred from the employees' wages through Dec. 31, 2020, to be repaid by the employees during the January through April pay period of 2021 in addition to their regular OASDI Social Security withholdings for that period.
After this guidance from the IRS and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), and in consultation with the controllers at every UC location, UCOP has decided that the University of California system should not participate in this optional program at this time.
Are you concerned about all of the things you are using to create and receive records while you are working from home? Do you know what you need to manage and how?
The UC Records Management Committee is celebrating Electronic Records Day by hosting the event “Electronic Records Management – Now, More Than Ever!”
The hour-long event will take place Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. Panelists will include experts in archives, records management, privacy and information security. There will be tools to help people with management of their electronic records. After the presentations, speakers will address questions from the audience.
The experts will focus on their areas of expertise in electronic records management. Each area will provide a 10-minute presentation.
You are making history today!
Beyond newsletters, minutes and reports, it's recorded in your email, texts, webpages, chats, and much more. The University Archives strives to collect and preserve this information for tomorrow's researchers and historians. Marlayna Christensen will share tips and strategies for managing and preparing your records for the archives.
- Marlayna Christensen has been with UC since 1999 and the university archivist at UC San Diego since 2016. As university archivist, she coordinates with offices and organizations across the campus to collect analog and digital records documenting the achievements, challenges, events, and people at UC San Diego, ranging from top administrators to student organizations.
What is Electronic Records Management and what is in it for you?
Members of the UC Records Management Committee will provide some thoughts and tools to help you.
- Kelley Walker is information practices coordinator and campus records manager, UC Davis Office of the Campus Counsel and concurrently serves as interim chief administrative officer for the Vice Chancellor's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion since September 2019.
- Carolyn Tuft is the assistant director for business intelligence, UC San Francisco Real Estate. She promotes good information governance practices to better manage one of UCSF's most valuable assets, information. Prior to this role, she was the senior digital project manager. As a PM, she facilitated moving to paper lite work processes in preparation for moving to open plan workspaces.
- Laurie Sletten is the UCOP records manager. She convenes the UC Records Management Committee, which by policy coordinates the ongoing systemwide development and management of policies and procedures that promote sound, efficient, and economical records management in alignment with current laws and industry best practices for the university.
Privacy issues of the day
The rapid development of large-scale programs to address the pandemic and attendant alterations to daily life and work prompts the need for careful consideration of the use and protection of personal data along the way. Join us to discuss the privacy issues of the day and learn about the practices that should guide program design.
- Pegah K. Parsi, is the campus privacy officer for UC San Diego, where she manages a portfolio of privacy initiatives related to employees, students, applicants, alumni and research participants.
Protecting our digital resources
Protection of records is fundamental to supporting the UC mission. With growing threats from cyber-espionage, cyber-crime, hacktivism and insider threats, it's important the UC community is vigilant in the protection of our data assets.
- David Rusting is the chief information security officer at UC Office of the President, where he leads the collaboration, development and implementation of information security strategy and initiatives across the UC system.
Register in advance for this meeting at https://UCOP.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYld--oqzgjGNGkd4pwjGBLYsLZuQFDmoAp.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
This year, proposals are requested in the Junior Investigator category only. Funding is for up to two years. One-year proposals may request up to a total of $15,000, and two-year proposals may request up to $25,000 with a maximum of $15,000 in a given year.
Please note that the funding period may fluctuate and is contingent on state and federal budget appropriations.
The 2020-21 water resources research proposals are due Oct. 30, 2020, at 5 p.m.