Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	68.36
Liaison	Marianella Franklin
Submission Date	Jan. 10, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	12.00 / 12.00	Marianella Franklin Director of Sustainability The Office For Sustainability

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

121

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

115

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

95.04

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

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

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

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

100

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

Sustainability_Research_Database_FY2020.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

[please see attached document above]

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

In order to complete the research inventory, we accessed our universities FARS (faculty activity reporting system) database, contacted department chairpersons, and Engagement Survey data.
Each university faculty member was contacted and their respective vitae were reviewed for sustainability content. Identified according to their contributions towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

https://www.utrgv.edu/sustainability/academics-and-research/sustainability-research/index.htm

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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