Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.39
Liaison Marianne Martin
Submission Date Sept. 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Colorado Boulder
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.59 / 12.00 Robert Stubbs
Director, Institutional Research
Data Analytics
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total number of employees that conduct research:
3,586

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
379

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
10.57

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
123

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
67

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
54.47

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

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

Faculty submit research keywords as part of their annual FRPA submission. Scanned keywords to identify faculty engaging in sustainability research based on the following criteria: where ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'SUSTAIN') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'ENVIRONMENT') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'EARTH') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'GLOBAL') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'ARCTIC') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'POLAR') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'POPULATION') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'FOREST') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'WATER') or ( (keyword_desc_up) contains 'OCEAN')


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

Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/university.of.colorado.boulder.ir/viz/EmployeeCounts/byCategoryChart
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\STARS_2021.sas
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\STARS_2021.sas
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\2021\faculty.xlsx
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\2021\faculty.xlsx


https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/university.of.colorado.boulder.ir/viz/EmployeeCounts/byCategoryChart
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\STARS_2021.sas
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\STARS_2021.sas
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\2021\faculty.xlsx
L:\IR\consult\EnvironmentalCenter\STARS\2021\faculty.xlsx

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.