Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 64.43
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Nov. 4, 2016
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Indiana University Indianapolis
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.02 / 12.00 Deborah Ferguson
Assistant Director
Office of Sustainability
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
303

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
1,982

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
63

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
236

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Inventory file can be viewed at: https://iu.box.com/s/w3m1r2ado92ypvkibcgnfr6qu308x2ex Individual Faculty PIs are listed in research inventory file filtered by Sustainability Keyword search and represent Research Proposals for FY15. Does not represent all activity that may be ongoing from prior years, or publications, or not captured in the RSP funding requests. Additional Information about Research Deans, Centers and Institutes listed below: Associate Deans for Research Each school on the IUPUI campus appoints an Associate Dean for Research. These Deans form the Council of Associate Deans for Research and advise the Vice Chancellor for Research on issues that affect their school’s research efforts. School Associate Dean Email Dentistry Gabriel Chu tgchu@iupui.edu Education Samantha Paredes Scribner smpscrib@iupui.edu Engineering and Technology Razi Nalim mnalim@iupui.edu Fairbanks Public Health Hongmei Nan hnan@iu.edu Health and Rehab Sciences Stuart Warden stwarden@iupui.edu Herron Art and Design Craig McDaniel crmcdani@iupui.edu Informatics and Computing Steven Mannheimer smannhei@iupui.edu Kelley Business Kenneth Carow kcarow@iupui.edu Liberal Arts Jeffrey Wilson jeswilso@iupui.edu Lilly Family Philanthropy Patrick Rooney rooney@iupui.edu McKinney Law Ben Keele bkeele@indiana.edu Medicine Randy Brutkiewicz rbrutkie@iupui.edu Nursing Janet Carpenter carpentj@iu.edu Physical Educ Tourism Mgmt Rafael Bahamonde rbahamon@iupui.edu Public and Envirmntl Affrs Douglas Noonan noonand@iupui.edu Science David Skalnik dskalnik@iupui.edu Social Work Cathy Pike ckpike@iupui.edu Undergraduate Education Sarah Baker ssbaker2@iupui.edu University Library Kristi Palmer klpalmer@iupui.edu Centers, Institutes, Cores, Labs Campus Center for Research and Learning Center for Service and Learning Center for Teaching and Learning Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI) IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute IUPUI Imaging Research Initiative IUPUI Testing Center Signature Centers STEM Education Research Institute (SERI) Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Dentistry Binational Cross-cultural Health Enhancement Center Oral Health Research Institute Tobacco Cessation and Biobehavioral Center Bioresearch Core/Facility Clinical Research Core/Facility Laboratory Testing Core/Facility Microbial Caries Research Facility Digital Electron Microscopy Facility Education Center for Urban and Multicultural Education Great Lakes Equity Center Urban Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (UCASE) Engineering and Technology Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center Industrial Assessment Center Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy Transportation Active Safety Institute Biomedical Engineering Labs Critical Listening Environment for Audio Research Lab Computer Information and Graphics Technology Labs Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs Mechanical Engineering Labs Fairbanks Public Health Center for Health Policy Indiana Public Health Training Center Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Center for Translational Musculoskeletal Research Indiana Center for Advanced Neurorehabilitation (ICAN) Applied Regenerative Medicine (ARM) Lab Bone Physiology Lab Community Mobility and Participation in Society (COMPASS) Lab Driving Safety and Rehabilitation Research Lab Human Structure and Function Lab Motion Analysis and Biomechanics Research Lab Pulmonary Physiology Lab Rehabilitation and Integrative Therapy (RIT) Lab Silver Hoosiers-Health and Aging Research Lab Herron Art and Design Basile Center for Art, Design and Public Life Think It Make It Lab Informatics and Computing Center for Cancer Population Analytics & Patient Centered Informatics Kelley Business Center for International Business Education and Research Indiana Business Research Center Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence Liberal Arts Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Center for Health Economics Research Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture Cultural Heritage Research Center International Center for Intercultural Communication Institute for American Thought Max Kade German-American Center National Council on Public History The Confucius Institute in Indianapolis The Polis Center University Writing Center Lilly Family Philanthropy Lake Institute on Faith & Giving Women's Philanthropy Institute McKinney Law Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Center for International and Comparative Law Hall Center for Law and Health Joint Center for Asian Law Studies Medicine Institutes, Centers, Cores and other Research Organizations Research Centers Research Institutes Research Core Laboratories Other Research Organizations Nursing Center for Enhancing Quality of Life in Chronic Illness Center for Research in Nursing Education Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center The Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group (BCOG) / Center for Symptom Management Physical Education & Tourism Management Exercise Physiology Lab Human Movement and Biomechanics Lab Neurophysiology Lab Physical Activity and Pain Lab Public and Environmental Affairs Center for Civic Literacy Indiana University Public Policy Institute Science Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Center Center for Earth and Environmental Science Center for Membrane Biosciences Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine Center for Urban Health Center for Visual Information Sensing and Computing Institute for Mathematical Modeling and Computational Science Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute Environmental Geochemistry and Health Core Laser Microdissection Core Mass Spectrometry Facility Nanoscale Imaging Center

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Primary Data Source originated from the IU Office of Research & Sponsored Program - Data & Reports - Institutional Proposal Reports submitted for FY14-15 which provides a complete list of all Research Proposals from 07/01/14 - 06/30/15 then filtered based on Sustainability key Word/Term search to analyze the % of Sustainability Research to total Research activity for both total departments and total faculty based on proposal title/descriptions. Source of Report can be found at: http://www.researchadmin.iu.edu/data_reports/dr_predefined.html Does not represent all activity that may be ongoing from prior years, or publications, nor other unfunded activity not represented in the RSP funding requests.

A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Accelerate Innovation and Discovery through Research and Creative Activity • A new IUPUI Research Strategic Plan includes, among other purposes, a “Grand Challenge” initiative focused on urban health and well-being, to be carried out in collaboration with community partners; enhanced research opportunities for undergraduates in all disciplines; expanded access to IUPUI research findings; partnerships with industry and other universities; and increased attention to technology transfer and commercialization of research findings to boost the local economy. Developed by a multi-disciplinary steering committee working with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the plan is aligned with the School of Medicine’s Transforming Research Initiative and with IU’s Bicentennial Strategic Plan http://www.grandchallenges.iu.edu/about.html IU GRAND CHALLENGES The university anticipates funding three to five comprehensive initiatives to address Grand Challenges by the conclusion of IU’s Bicentennial in 2020, with an investment of $300 million, including base funding for as many as 175 new faculty lines. IU’s Bicentennial Strategic Plan, adopted in 2015, calls on the university to tackle “major and large-scale problems” facing humanity that can “only be addressed by multidisciplinary teams of the best researchers.” Specifically, the plan calls on the IU community to: Identify grand challenges where IU had the greatest potential to make the most significant contributions in addressing major and large-scale problems facing society; Assemble teams and clusters of researchers most able to address these grand challenge problems; Provide the support necessary to catalyze faculty efforts to seek major long-term grants and gifts to fund their work in attacking these grand challenges; and Make select hires and appointments, including cluster hires of senior scholars and their research groups, to lead or greatly strengthen research efforts focused on these problems. IU is taking up the challenge. With the exceptional commitment of the Board of Trustees, President Michael A. McRobbie and the leadership of the university, the Indianapolis and Bloomington campuses, the School of Medicine, and the IU Foundation, the university has identified $300 million of existing and anticipated funding that can be invested in Grand Challenges over the next five years. This is the most significant investment in IU’s research infrastructure in the university’s history. It will fund up to five Grand Challenge Initiatives and support the hiring of as many as 175 new faculty and of hundreds of new graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. But most importantly, it will enable IU to expand its efforts to address some of the most critical issues facing local communities and the State of Indiana, as well as the nation and the world. The request for Preliminary Proposals RFP provides detailed information about the goals of IU’s Grand Challenges program and the process by which the first initiatives will be determined. Let me highlight four aspects of the program here. The inaugural Grand Challenges competition was held in 2015-16. We received 21 preliminary proposals from more than 400 faculty on six campuses, representing 29 schools and 37 centers. Five were selected for development into full proposals, and five impressive, compelling proposals were submitted in late April, 2016. Following extensive faculty and community review, on June 20, 2016, at a packed event in Indianapolis, President McRobbie announced IU’s first Grand Challenge commitment: the Precision Health Initiative. PHI is a university-wide partnership dedicated to optimizing the prevention and treatment of human diseases through a more precise understanding of the genetic, developmental, behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to an individual’s health. Led by Anantha Shekhar, M.D., Ph.D., August M. Watanabe Professor and IU School of Medicine Executive Associate Dean of Research, PHI involves almost 40 new hires in the School of Medicine, the Schools of Public Health and Nursing on the IUPUI campus, and the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Informatics and Computing on the Bloomington campus. It also includes participation by key business and community partners, including Eli Lilly and Company, Roche Diagnostics, Cook Regentec, Deloitte, Regenstrief Institute, and IU Health.

The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Primary Data Source originated from the IU Office of Research and Administration - Data & Reports found at http://researchadmin.iu.edu/ Sourced FY14-15 Proposals and then filtered based on Sustainability key Word/Term search to analyze the % of Sustainability Research to total Research activity. In addition, reviewed the Centers and Institutes at IUPUI: The innovative thinking by our IUPUI researchers has lead to the creation of many system-wide, campus-wide, and school/departmental centers and institutes. Under Research Centers, we have also included links to many cores, labs and other resources faculty need to be successful in their research endeavors. Additional Undergraduate Research opportunities are coordinated through the Center for Research and Learning: http://crl.iupui.edu/about/index.asp Official IUPUI Research Data Reports can be found at: http://researchadmin.iu.edu/ar.html

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