| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.71 |
| Liaison | Jeffrey Severin |
| Submission Date | July 17, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Kansas
AC-10: Support for Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 4.00 |
Kim
Criner Education & Outreach Coordinator Center for Sustainability |
Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:
The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
The University's Strategic Initiative Grant Program supports faculty research that advances the strategic initiative themes of Bold Aspirations, KU's strategic plan. Each of these address issues of sustainability to various degrees:
- Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World
- Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities
- Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures
- Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge.
Two levels of funding are available. Level I grants (over $50,000) support requests that advance the strategic initiative themes through major, multidisciplinary proposals to strengthen existing research teams or centers, develop promising new research areas and teams, enable groups to build a sustainable foundation for ongoing collaboration, or enhance the competitiveness of applications to external agencies for multi-investigator program projects/centers. Level II grants ($5,000 to $50,000) support preparation of proposals on strategic initiatives with application deadlines in the near future.
The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
Has the institution formally adopted policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
A brief description or the text of the institution’s policy regarding interdisciplinary research:
The website URL where information about the treatment of interdisciplinary research is available:
Does the institution provide ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution's library support for sustainability research and learning:
The KU library system provides topic specific staff for aiding students and professors in their sustainability related research. Below are two of the most relevant library staff members devoted to aiding students and faculty in sustainability related research:
1. Scott McEathron - Environmental History and Environmental Studies
2. Keith Russell - Environmental Engineering
Additionally the libraries curate a research guide specifically for topics in Environmental Studies.
The website URL where information about the institution's library support for sustainability is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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