Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	54.69
Liaison	Trevor Ledbetter
Submission Date	Jan. 6, 2025

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University of Arizona
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.95 / 12.00	Trevor Ledbetter Director Office of Sustainability

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

3,242

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

428

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

13.20

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

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

279

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

128

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

45.88

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

Research_Inventory_2023.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

See attached.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

An inventory of all research projects was reviewed. Titles that fit into the UN's Sustainable Development Goals were highlighted to be included in the "sustainable research" total.

The reason the total number of departments differs from PRE-5 is because the raw data we receieved included more than just the 90 departments of the University. The research is broken down to more specific groups on campus than the overall department count we used in PRE-5. For example, some additional departments include "Tree Ring Laboratory", "Center for Middle Eastern Studies", and "Agricultural Extension Administration". This has resulted in a greater department count for the research inventory.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

http://www.environment.arizona.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data was sourced from the following: University of Arizona Analytics and Institutional Research - https://uair.arizona.edu/ United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - https://www.globalgoals.org/.