| Overall Rating | Platinum - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 86.01 |
| Liaison | Patrick McKee |
| Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Connecticut
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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12.00 / 12.00 |
Richard
Miller Director Ofice of Environmental Policy |
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Part 1
4,414
Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
2,485
Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
56.30
Part 2
64
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
61
Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
95.31
Research Inventory
The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
See attached PDF.
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research (OSP) searched all research projects that are registered through their office (research funded by external grants) using a list of keywords generated by the AASHE definition of sustainability and the UConn specific definition from the Academic Plan. The OSP provided us a list of all the PIs and Co-PIs who are faculty at UConn. The Office of Sustainability (OS) reviewed the project titles to confirm that the projects are related to sustainability. The OSP also provided a list of all researchers listed on externally funded grants, which the OS reviewed in order to remove any non-UConn faculty. The OS also added faculty listed by the OSP for externally-funded research during the past year, and for which we had personal knowledge were engaged in sustainability-related funded research, but which had been omitted from OSP's key word search list for sustainability.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The above data is provided to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief. It is based primarily on a database maintained by the OSP, which was further sorted by OSP for the purpose of STARS by searching its database pursuant to key words recommended by OS. However, we believe the data as compiled for the Princeton Review snapshot is incomplete. We were able to identify both inadvertent omissions and inclusions, which we have endeavored to correct.
These numbers are only of research faculty who have externally funded research, excluding staff and excluding faculty other than PIs and co-PIs (also excluding faculty conducting research that is not externally-funded). We will continue to update this information, consistent with the technical guidance for the questions asked, as we work with OSP, the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE), CESE, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and others to improve the accuracy and completeness of this research data.
Additional website URLs where information about sustainability is available include http://today.uconn.edu/sustainable-uconn/ and http://www.engr.uconn.edu/
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.