| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.82 |
| Liaison | Amy Kadrie |
| Submission Date | Jan. 21, 2025 |
University of Rochester
AC-8: Responsible Research and Innovation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.83 / 7.00 |
Karen
Berger Ph.D. Earth and Environmental Sciences |
8.1 Published ethical code of conduct for research
Online location of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
Copy of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
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8.2 Recognition of integrated, community-based, and extra-academic research
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize integrated research:
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize integrated research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to community-based research?:
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize community-based research:
Inclusion of community partnership in the design and governance of research is valued in scholarship. Published scholarship in community-engaged research could be enhanced by evidence of substantial collaboration and co-production with the community partner, including dissemination of work to audiences outside of academe.
https://rochester.edu/provost/FacultyHandbook/
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize community-based research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to research impact or reach outside of academic journals?:
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals:
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
If Yes to any of the above, provide at least one form of evidence (website URL or document). If reporting on multiple guidelines or policies, provide the best available example and/or a website that provides an overview of promotion/tenure for academic employees.
Copy of the institution’s promotion/tenure guidelines or policies:
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8.3 Inter-campus collaboration for responsible research and innovation
Description of the institution’s inter-campus collaborations for responsible research and innovation:
The University of Rochester is a member of SPARC, which advances open systems for research and education that enables everyone, everywhere to access, contribute to, and benefit from the knowledge that shapes our world.
Additionally, the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures is a multi-institutional collaborative housed at the University of Rochester. There are multiple programs to support science education, including online videos, simulation-based learning tools (in development), programs to bring high school students and underrepresented college students to campus to conduct summer research, and collaboration to provide Southern University (HBCU) researchers access to the research facilities at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. They also hold an annual science communication bootcamp for students and faculty. Details can be found at https://cmap.rochester.edu/.
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8.4 Support for open access publishing
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access repository:
The open access repository lets individuals search by department as well as by researcher, including papers written by faculty outside of their normal research areas and papers written by undergraduate students.
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/home.action;%20https:/rochester.figshare.com/
Does the institution have one or more published policies that require its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
Do the open access policies cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Text or online location of the institution’s open access policies:
Copy of the institution’s open access policies:
Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access APC fund:
Does the institution negotiate or participate in transformative open access agreements that are consistent with ESAC guidelines?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s transformative open access agreements with publishers:
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