Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	58.55
Liaison	Amy Brunvand
Submission Date	April 5, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

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University of Utah
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	5.42 / 12.00	Jewell Lund Data & Analysis Graduate Intern Sustainability Office

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Part 1

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

2,815

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

156

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

5.54

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:

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:

Sustainability_Researchers_Faculty_UU.xlsx

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

Information about sustainability research may be found in GCSC annual reports and on the GSCS website where information about research projects is organizes according to themes: URL: http://environment.utah.edu/research/research-themes/

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

This list includes self-identified sustainability focused faculty (GCSC members). As of 2016, there are approximately 130 GCSC affiliate faculty. We have identified at least 45 additional non-GCSC affiliates that were identified using the Office of Sponsored Projects database and searching for funding received from 2014-2016 that had sustainability keywords (e.g., key words including food systems, ground and water, energy, sustainable transportation, built environment, air, climate, sustainability education, diversity and social justice, waste, purchasing, sustainable investments and policy). This list only includes regular faculty members. It does not include postdoctoral researchers, research affiliates, or staff.

Optional Fields

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

http://environment.utah.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

ResearchFaculty.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

NOTES Additional uploaded document shows number of faculty that does research by department, from University of Utah Office of Budget & Institutional Analysis. RESOURCES GCSC Annual Reports were issued in 2012, 2013 URL: http://environment.utah.edu/about-the-global-change-sustainability-center/