Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.13
Liaison Traci Knabenshue
Submission Date March 3, 2021

STARS v2.2

West Virginia University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.61 / 12.00 Katie Stores
Assistant Vice President for Research Administration
Research
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
650

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
134

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
20.62

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
129

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
26

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
20.16

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
WVU_Sustainability_Research_Inventory_2020.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
WVU's Research office did a keyword search of its awards database for 87 sustainability keywords within the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 academic years. Sustainability office employees then reviewed each resulting award title to ensure the keywords resulted in the right context for sustainability research. This was then compared to spreadsheets listing all awards active in the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 academic years. Number of departments listed for all awards is higher than the number listed in Preface 5. The Office of Sponsored Programs uses a finer-detail department listing that could include entities like the Provost's Office or The WVU Energy Institute.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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