Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.89
Liaison	Tom Twist
Submission Date	Nov. 8, 2023

STARS v2.2

Bates College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.40 / 12.00	Tom Twist Sustainability Manager Facilities

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

212

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

15.09

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

42.50

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

Bates_College_Faculty_Sustainability_Research.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

See attached

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

Total number of faculty is found here https://www.bates.edu/research/files/2020/04/Bates-Facts-2019-2020-Update-4.13.2020.pdf
The number of faculty involved in sustainability research is obtained by looking over faculty expertise and areas of research focus online (http://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/) and through conversations with faculties.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

http://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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