Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.32
Liaison Merry Rankin
Submission Date Aug. 29, 2022

STARS v2.2

Iowa State University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.95 / 12.00 Jerry Zamzow
Assistant Vice President for Research
Office of the Vice President for Research
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
2,324

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
503

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
21.64

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
168

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
62

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
36.90

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
A three-part process was conducted to ensure accurate inclusion:
1. In conjunction with the Office of Sustainability, The Senior Vice President for Research developed a survey to gather inventory information that was emailed out to all campus researchers.
2. A separate email was sent to all department chairs for confirmation of inclusion of past identified sustainability researchers, as well as suggestions on addition of researchers recently joining the University.
3. Individual outreach to department chairs and researchers for final confirmation and inclusion was completed through email and phone conversations.

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:
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