Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	45.79
Liaison	Larry Cook
Submission Date	Dec. 4, 2020
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University of South Carolina
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.09 / 12.00	Caroline Zerhusen Project Coordinator Office of Sustainability

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Part 1

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):

2,367

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :

1.27

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:

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

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:

19.77

Research Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

Search_Browse_Faculty_Expertise___USCeRA.pdf

The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

The USCeRA reporting system was used to gather data for the number of faculty with research expertise in sustainability, environment, climate, energy, social justice, impact, diversity, leadership, and food; their departments; and notable achievements.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://sam.research.sc.edu/uscera/facultyExpertise

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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