Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.40
Liaison Dayna Cook
Submission Date Nov. 6, 2023

STARS v2.2

Northern Arizona University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.95 / 12.00 Nick Bilyk
Business Intelligence Analyst
Office of the Vice President for Research
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
1,252

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
155

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
12.38

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
40

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
33

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
82.50

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:
*Please Note: At this time, NAU is unable to provide additional details regarding awards and related projects. Ongoing projects are or may be sensitive in nature and are subject to confidentiality agreements with sponsors and collaborating agencies.

Counts include lead award PI’s only.

** National Science Foundation (NSF) - Field of Science (FOS) codes used to identify projects falling under the broad definition of “sustainability” provided. Studies categorized under the following areas have been included: Bioengineering/Biomedical engineering, Geological and Earth Sciences, Other Geo/Atmospheric/Earth Sciences, Life Sciences (including: Agricultural Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences, Natural Resources and Conservation, Other Life Sciences), Psychology, Social Sciences (Anthropology, Economics, Political Science and Other Social Sciences), Education, and Social Work.

NSF-FOS codes were used to identify projects related to the broad definition of “sustainability research” provided. After highlighting the appropriate FOS, FY22 active sustainability research projects were identified by expenditures made in FY22.

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:
Nick Bilyk
Business Intelligence Analyst
Office of the Vice President for Research
(928) 523-5093 Office

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