Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 57.31
Liaison Feng Teter
Submission Date Dec. 4, 2023

STARS v2.2

California State University, Fresno
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Feng Teter
Sustainability Analyst
Office of the Provost
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Student sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
Yes

A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
The Destination Decarbonization Challenge is an ongoing program at our institution, hosted by the Water, Energy, and Technology (WET) Center, designed to encourage undergraduate students to engage in interdisciplinary sustainability research. This case study competition provides a financial incentive to first, second, and third place winners (see below) who create the best plan to achieve carbon neutrality. The competition is open to groups of 2 to 4 students, which fosters collaboration and innovative research while providing students with an opportunity to solve local challenges and have a direct positive impact on their communities.

First place winners receive $6,000.
Second place winners receive $4,000.
Third place winners receive $2,500.

Read more here: https://www.wetcenter.org/destination-decarbonization-challenge

Faculty sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
No

A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
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Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research 

Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
No

A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
Although our retention, tenure, or promotion policies do not explicitly give positive recognition for interdisciplinary research, you can read more about these policies here:

http://www.fresnostate.edu/academics/facultyaffairs/procedures/facultyrtp/rtppolicies.html

Library support

Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
We have subject librarians that span the social, environmental, and economic disciplines, as well as librarians helping first year students in the sustainability-themed CSM BOND & AgBOND programs.

Read more here: https://library.fresnostate.edu/about/people/subject-librarians

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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