Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 62.46
Liaison Morgan Hartman
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.72 / 12.00 Elizabeth Snyder
Communications Specialist GA
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
750

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
245

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
32.67

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
100

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
59

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
59

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Please see attached.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The Office of Sponsored Programs pulled data on active researchers (grants awarded) at UNL on behalf of the Office of Sustainability. A master list for the year calendar year 2019 was created highlighting all the research projects that were awarded grants.

A search (using SQL and Tableau) on this list for distinct count generated the headcount of total number of employees that conduct research at UNL in 2019. From this subset, using the keywords listed below, a distinct employees count was generated to find the employees engaged in sustainability research.

A search on this list for distinct count generated the total number of academic departments that conduct research. Using the keywords that match sustainability research, a subset of departments that include at least one employee that is engaged in sustainability research was found.

Keywords included: ecology, environment, sustainability, natural resources, resilience, carbon, climate, social justice, diversity, land, air, water, drought, recycle, agriculture, conservation, biology, food, energy, nature, plants, soil, solar, wind, planning, financial, equity, engagement, efficiency, ecosystem, atmosphere, atmospheric science, behavior, biodiversity, biomimicry, LEED, community, life, life-cycle, and resources.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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