Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.57
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Dec. 14, 2020

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Indianapolis
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.45 / 12.00 Deborah Ferguson
Assistant Director
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
1,793

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
531

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
29.62

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
187

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
104

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
55.61

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
A complete list of the IUPUI (IN) & University wide (UA) Research Proposal Inventory for FY20 with summary of Departments and Faculty PIs is attached:

AC9_Research_ Proposals_by_Organization_FY20_IN_UA_V3.xlsx

Refer to Tab, PI Detail_SUST Proposals, for a complete list of Sustainability related proposals by Individual PIs Name, Dept(Org) and Proposal Title

Part 1: Count of Total employees research (1,793) and Count of Employees Sustainability related research (531) is summarized in tab, "PI Summary"

Part 2: Academic Department Summary (187) and Acad Depts SUST Research (104)_see Tab "Acad Dept Summary".

All proposals were filtered by a Sustainability Keyword search and proposal titles were reviewed for impact in at least 2 areas of Environment, Economic and Social spheres of Sustainability. Refer to Tab, SUST Spheres, for a complete list of Sustainability related proposals including Principle Investigator, Dept(Org) and Proposal Title. Data represents Research Proposals for FY20. Does not represent all University Research activity that may be ongoing from prior years, publications, or other internally funded Research & Sponsored Program funding activity & requests.

Additional Information about Research Deans, Centers and Institutes listed below:

Associate Deans for Research
https://research.iu.edu/about/leadership/associate-deans.html
Assistant and associate deans for research advise campus research leadership on questions and issues that affect campus and school research efforts and the university’s efforts to meet its research vision and mission.

IUPUI Associate Deans for Research 2020-21
School Committee Member Email
Herron School of Art and Design William Potter wwpotter@iupui.edu
Kelley School of Business Kenneth Carow kcarow@iupui.edu
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Una Osili uosili@iupui.edu
Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Gerardo Maupome gmaupome@iu.edu
Robert H. McKinney School of Law Michael J. Pitts mjpitts@iupui.edu
School of Dentistry Gabriel Chu tgchu@iupui.edu
School of Education Brendan Maxcy bmaxcy@iupui.edu
School of Engineering and Technology Razi Nalim mnalim@iupui.edu
School of Health and Human Sciences Stuart Warden stwarden@iupui.edu
School of Informatics and Computing Sarath Janga scjanga@iupui.edu
School of Liberal Arts Jeffrey Wilson jeswilso@iupui.edu
School of Medicine Thomas Hurley thurley@iupui.edu
School of Nursing Janet Carpenter carpentj@iupui.edu
School of Public and Environmental Affairs Jeremy Carter carterjg@iupui.edu
School of Science David Skalnik dskalnik@iupui.edu
School of Social Work Joan Carlson joancarl@iupui.edu
University Library Tina Baich cbaich@iupui.edu


RESEARCH CENTERS & INSTITUTES: Special environments for exploring
Research centers, institutes, and museums at Indiana University allow researchers from across disciplines, departments, schools, and campuses to collaborate on pursuing important questions and ideas, from the study of religion, ethics, and society to cutting-edge information technology questions to the latest innovations in improving STEM learning among students.
A complete list of Research Centers and Institutes can be found at:
https://research.iu.edu/about/centers-institutes/index.html

Accessing data related to research at IU
Accurate, timely data is critical for effective decision-making. The Office of the Vice President for Research provides IU faculty, staff, and administrators with reports, data, and data tools to inform decision making and measure progress.
https://research.iu.edu/about/data-reports/index.html

Annual Report: Research and creative activities supported by IU’s Vice President for Research The annual report from IU’s Vice President for Research offers overviews of the programs, collaborations, and projects that are supported and fostered by IU’s research offices. It also features summary data about sponsored awards.
https://research.iu.edu/about/data-reports/annual-report/index.html

See IUPUI Research Highlights at:
https://www.iupui.edu/research/index.html

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 FY19-20 which provides a complete list of all Research Proposals from 07/01/19 - 06/30/20 then did a Title search filtered based on Sustainability key Word/Term search and reviewed each for at least 2 areas of Sustainability Sphere; Environment, Economic, and Social impact to analyze the % of Sustainability Research to total Research activity for both total departments and total faculty based on proposal title/descriptions. Refer to Tab, SUST Spheres, for a complete list of Sustainability related proposals including Principle Investigator, Dept(Org) and Proposal Title. Individual Faculty PIs name/Dept/Title are listed in the research inventory file_see Tab "PI Detail_SUST Proposals". Total employee counts are summarized in tab, "PI summary" and Academic Department Summary_see Tab "Acad Dept Summary".
Source of Report can be found at:
https://research.iu.edu/about/data-reports/predefined-reports.html

Does not represent all Research activity that may be ongoing from prior years, publications, or other internally funded Research & Sponsored Program funding activity & requests.

Total 187 Departments included in Research is less than total depts reported in PRE5 due to not all departments having active research proposals.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://research.impact.iu.edu/
See some of IU's areas of impact and strengths:
Arts & Humanities_https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/arts-humanities/index.html
Environment_ https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/environment/index.html
Global and International Studies_https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/global-international-studies/index.html
Health and Medicine_https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/health-medicine/index.html
Race and Ethnicity_https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/race-ethnicity/index.html
Science and Technology_https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/science-technology/index.html
Social Sciences_https://research.impact.iu.edu/our-strengths/social-sciences/index.html

Grand Challenges at Indiana University
https://research.impact.iu.edu/grand-challenges/index.html
Disciplined. Collaborative. Solutions-focused. At Indiana University, we are harnessing the power of research to solve grand challenges facing Indiana and the world.
We define Grand Challenges as major, focused, and large-scale problems facing humanity that can be solved only by teams of dedicated researchers working across disciplines in collaboration with community partners. IU has three Grand Challenges initiatives in progress: Precision Health, Prepared for Environmental Change, and Responding to the Addictions Crisis.

Prepared for Environmental Change
Our second Grand Challenge, Prepared for Environmental Change, started in early 2017. A broad, bipartisan coalition of researchers, government and business leaders, and nonprofit and community organizations are joining together to help Indiana better prepare and plan for the environmental changes that are impacting the way we live, grow food, and conduct business.
Learn more about the Prepared for Environmental Change and the Environmental Resilience Institute at: https://eri.iu.edu/

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