Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.12
Liaison Matthew Williams
Submission Date June 30, 2017
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STARS v2.0

University of Florida
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.46 / 12.00 Megan Walker-Radtke
Program Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
364

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
2,671

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
104

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
166

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

See attached Excel worksheet


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

We searched active research grants on sustainability-related keywords (keyword list from UNC), then manually reviewed each grant title and department to ensure applicability to sustainability topics and concerns.


A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:

Jim Jones from the Florida Climate Institute was an author on the 2013 National Climate Assessment


The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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