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The following task forces are launched and currently active. More will be added as the integration process progresses.

Academic, Student, and Faculty Affairs Task Force
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Brand & Marketing Task Force
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Communications Task Force
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Enterprise Risk Management Task Force
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Health Education Accreditation Task Force
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Research, Discovery, and Innovation Task Force
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SACSCOC Accreditation Task Force
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Workforce Strategies Task Force
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Task Force Updates

Current updates from the active Integration Task Forces.

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  • Working Group Transition – The Research Operations, Research Finance, Commercialization & Innovation, and Faculty Experience working groups successfully transitioned from initial discovery efforts to the next phase of functional integration.
  • Faculty Experience Working Group – Completed review of Health Research Challenge faculty submissions and finalized award selections.
  • Research Analytics Working Group – Conducted a comprehensive inventory and gap assessment of existing research data sources, services, and infrastructure, and is expanding the unified KPI dashboard with four additional metrics.
Research, Discovery, and Innovation Task Force
March 2026
  • Approved key financial and reporting decisions, including HERD Optimization (FY26), UTHSA/UTSA F&A base-year alignment, Blue Ridge consolidated reporting (FY25), and HERD consolidated reporting (FY26); F&A rate extension submitted and implementation underway.
  • Completed policy, program, and operational reviews across Commercialization & Innovation and Research Operations, validating shared campus pain points, aligning program direction, updating institutional data, implementing proposal templates, and completing a policy inventory, with recommendations moving into FIT working groups.
  • Advanced faculty-focused initiatives, including the Health Research Challenge event, assessments of research faculty onboarding, promotion and tenure, and development, progress toward final recommendations and award selections, and the launch of the Research Analytics Working Group, with Research Security & IT planning underway.
Research, Discovery, and Innovation Task Force
Jan 2026
  • Launched early integration priorities, including a shared researcher database, topical interest groups, joint research centers, cluster hiring and the “Day 1” Research Integration Campaign.
  • Established new working groups (Research Analytics, Research Security & IT) and advanced existing ones in finance, operations, commercialization and faculty experience—laying the foundation for a more collaborative research enterprise.
  • Task force members operationalized working groups, provided input to cluster-hiring opportunities, evaluated operational input of early win opportunities and challenges and developed a Day 1 Research Integration Communication Campaign Plan.
Research, Discovery, and Innovation Task Force
Sep 2025
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