| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.83 |
| Liaison | YOLANDA MENDOZA CAVAZOS |
| Submission Date | June 30, 2022 |
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Miriam
Sanchez Garza MDE Sustainability dept |
Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
The curricula of our University contains one program called Natural Environment and Sustainable Development, where all the students are invited to collaborate in sustainability projects including research in this subject. The best projects are proposed to be applied on a larger scale for example on an Academic Department or on Campus.
The students can also collaborate with the University Researchers with a sustainability Project, and if this Project is on a Quality Research Program and won, they would receive financial support for their work and to develop their dissertation as well
Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
In an internal research call of the Department of Research and Graduate studies in UAT University, in order to support sustainable research, the projects or thesis should contain general data such as:
• Name of the axis
• Name of priority sector
• Name Challenge
All research projects should include SDG's related to the subject and the sectors helped or served and that match the research challenges.
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?:
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The university offers the student community quality information through the Library Network of Schools, Faculties and Academic Units. It has a database on various academic subjects.
On the other hand, it also offers a training program, service evaluation, OPAC-UAT electronic catalog, library network, access to digital databases and Institutional repository.
Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
The institutional repository of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, in one of its sections includes direct access to different platforms that host scientific databases, which cover various topics. In these you can find topics related to the thematic axes of university sustainability. Some of the platforms are ORCID Connecting research and researchers, SPARC, CONACYT National Repository, among others.
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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