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Research & Innovation Council

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Charge

The Research and Innovation Advisory Council shall focus on matters related to the research, creative activities, and Innovation at the university and will be advisory to Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee. 

  • Advise on matters related to research, scholarship, and creative activity across disciplines. 
  • Recommend policies to strengthen the University’s research and scholarship ecosystem, including research infrastructure, support, and intellectual property. 
  • Convene review panels for the selection of and make recommendations on awards such as the university Faculty Research Award, Organized Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) internal grants, Faculty Team Research Incubators Program (TRIP) internal grants, and Funded Faculty Leave awards.

Composition

The Research and Innovation Council shall be comprised of four faculty members elected by the Faculty Council from the Faculty Assembly (based on the criteria below), two chairs, two deans, two representatives from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, who will serve as the chair. All members have voting privileges. The Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development serves as the Research and Innovation Council chair and votes only to break a tie. Elected and appointed members will serve two-year staggered terms.  

In order to be eligible for nomination for election to the Research Innovation Council, the faculty member must satisfy the following criteria: 

  1. the faculty member must be in good standing and have an ongoing, focused research agenda as evidenced by refereed scholarly articles, juried works, grant writing, research or creative presentations or other scholarly research or creative activities output deemed appropriate in their discipline. Such scholarly or creative output must satisfy the expectations of the individual department or college from which the faculty member is nominated. 
  2. the faculty member must be engaged in research or creative activities with students.

Committee Members