| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 83.37 |
| Liaison | Ruairi O'Mahony |
| Submission Date | Feb. 11, 2022 |
University of Massachusetts Lowell
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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12.00 / 12.00 |
Julie
Chen Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Office of the Chancellor |
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Part 1. Sustainability research
180
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
68
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
37.78
Part 2. Sustainability research by department
33
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
26
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
78.79
Research Inventory
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
The attached inventory includes all faculty and staff that have had funded research in the past year.
Please note, UMass Lowell is a public, research institution, therefore, we have departments comprised of only researchers called research centers. They are included in this inventory. For more and current information on research at UMass Lowell please see https://www.uml.edu/Research/
Please note, UMass Lowell is a public, research institution, therefore, we have departments comprised of only researchers called research centers. They are included in this inventory. For more and current information on research at UMass Lowell please see https://www.uml.edu/Research/
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Sustainability research is research that leads toward solutions that simultaneously support social wellbeing, economic prosperity, and improved ecological health. It includes research and scholarship that:
Explicitly addresses sustainability and/or furthers our understanding of the interconnectedness of social, economic and environmental issues;
Contributes directly toward solving one or more major sustainability challenge; and/or
Engages community members with the aim of combining knowledge and action to achieve positive social, economic and environmental outcomes (e.g. participatory and community-based research and engaged scholarship).
UMass Lowell Office of Sustainability worked with the Office of Research Administration to gather descriptions of all funded research from the prior fiscal year. Review of the research descriptions was supplemented with additional information collected from publicly available abstracts, grant proposals, and/or project websites about the research project, goals, process, and outcomes. The completed inventory was made available to the researchers as an additional review and validation step.
Explicitly addresses sustainability and/or furthers our understanding of the interconnectedness of social, economic and environmental issues;
Contributes directly toward solving one or more major sustainability challenge; and/or
Engages community members with the aim of combining knowledge and action to achieve positive social, economic and environmental outcomes (e.g. participatory and community-based research and engaged scholarship).
UMass Lowell Office of Sustainability worked with the Office of Research Administration to gather descriptions of all funded research from the prior fiscal year. Review of the research descriptions was supplemented with additional information collected from publicly available abstracts, grant proposals, and/or project websites about the research project, goals, process, and outcomes. The completed inventory was made available to the researchers as an additional review and validation step.
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