A Guide to Research Dashboards

Dear Colleague,

This edition of AIRE Connect highlights the research data dashboards available to academic and administrative leaders on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. 

Today, we're sharing five dashboards you should consider when evaluating research activity in your role as a dean, department chair, director of an academic unit, vice provost, or vice chancellor.

If you need access to the linked dashboards and don't currently have it, please contact AIRE-help@ku.edu. 

As ever, please reach out to me (corinne-bannon@ku.edu) with feedback or questions.

With very best wishes, 

Corinne Bannon
Chief Strategy & Data Officer and Vice Chancellor

Research awards may be tracked and grouped in several ways depending on the specific needs of the project. Two common examples are grouping by administering unit or grouping by the tenure affiliation of the principal investigator (PI) of the award.

Administering Unit

This method groups awards based on which unit of the university is responsible for the award's administration. For example, International Affairs is an administering unit.

Tenure Affiliation of Award PI Unit

This method groups based on the tenure affiliation of the principal investigator (PI) of the award. For example, research award activity for faculty in the School of Business is credited to the School of Business.

Unless otherwise necessary, AIRE groups award data by tenure affiliation to ensure credit for activity generated by each academic department is recognized.

AIRE develops and maintains multiple research related dashboards, but the primary space for research data, Research Insights, is in Oracle Analytics Cloud. Below you will find a selection of dashboards that can help you answer key questions.  

Single sign-on is required to access dashboards in Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC).

How have research expenditures trended over time?  

KU Fact Book:
Research Expenditures

Dashboard available in the KU Fact Book

This dashboard provides a high-level overview of research expenditures at KU over a multi-year period. This dashboard allows users to select whether to include only research & development dollars (i.e., NSF HERD Survey), all expenditures (including non research & development), or all externally funded expenditures.

Tabs allow users to see data by source, agency, and subject.

How do research expenditures compare to similar institutions?  

KU Fact Book:
Research Comparisons

Dashboard available in the KU Fact Book

This dashboard provides comparisons of KU's total research expenditures with peer universities. This dashboard contains only research & development dollars and comes from the NSF HERD survey.

Tabs allow users to select the comparison group of interest.

Filters allow selection of data by fiscal year and by funding source.

How does the volume of proposals compare over the last several years?  

Research Insights: Proposals

Dashboard in Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)

This dashboard provides data on proposals submitted over time.

We recommend that you start by selecting the unit, PI academic affiliation, contact PI, and/or sponsor of interest in the filters, as well as the fiscal years of interest below. 

How does the volume of awards compare over the last several years?

Research Insights: Awards

Dashboard in Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)

This dashboard provides data on awards received over time.

We recommend that you start by selecting the unit, PI academic affiliation, contact PI, and/or sponsor of interest in the filters, as well as the fiscal years of interest below. 

How do project expenditures compare over the last several years?

Research Insights: Project Expenditures

Dashboard in Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)

This dashboard provides a high-level summary of Project Expenditures by fiscal year. By selecting "Select Dashboard Criteria," options appear to filter results.

We recommend that you start by selecting the unit, PI academic affiliation, contact PI, and/or sponsor of interest in the filters, as well as the fiscal years of interest below.

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