Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.60
Liaison Caitlin McLennan
Submission Date Oct. 22, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Utah State University
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 6.00 Jeff Broadbent
Associate Vice President for Research and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Office of Research and Graduate Studies
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Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:

"The Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities Grant Program (URCO) is funded by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies to support worthy projects."

College of Science Mini-Grants "are designed to encourage students to become involved in their first mentored research experience."


The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:

o Grant-writing Experience through Mentorship (GEM)
"The New Investigator Grant-writing Experience through Mentorship (GEM) program provides funding of up to $5,000 to enhance the professional development of new investigators through one-on-one research and grant-writing interaction with successful research mentors."
o Research Catalyst (RC)
"The Research Catalyst (RC) program provides 1-year seed funding of up to $20,000 to help applicants develop new initiatives or directions in their discipline that will lead to new externally funded grants (EFGs)."
o Seed Program to Advance Research Collaborations (SPARC)
"The Seed Program to Advance Research Collaborations (SPARC) program provides 1-year seed funding of up to $35,000 to catalyze development of interdisciplinary research teams and projects that involve scholarly research in more than one department, research center, college or institution."


The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
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