Vice President for Research - University Research Council
The University Research Council (URC) has been established to provide input to the Vice President for Research (VPR) on strategic issues related to research and scholarship activity. Although the URC is not directly involved in policy making, it is expected to provide recommendations to the VPR on short-term and long-term research priorities, as well as on such topics as indirect cost recovery; research faculty; postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate research activities; intellectual property and technology transfer; Office of Research and Sponsored Programs; and publicizing research successes.
The URC has a strong interest in evaluation, which is involved in planning exercises as well as in evaluating the effectiveness of programs and related policies.
The URC has widespread representation and is composed of the following units, with current individuals and duration of appointment:
Faculty Senate, Chair of the Research and Scholarship Committee
- Janet Fairman (1 year)
College of NSFA (3 members)
- Carol Kim (3 years)
- Daniel Belknap (2 years)
- Fei Chai (2 years)
College of Engineering (3 members)
- Aria Amirbahman (3 years)
- Senthil Vel (2 years)
- Michael Mason (1 year)
College of CLAS (4 members)
- Alan Rosenwasser (3 years)
- Andre Khalil (2 years)
- Richard Powell (2 years)
- Steve Evans (1 year)
College of Education and Human Development (2 members)
- Sid Mitchell (2 years)
- Craig Mason (1 year)
College of BPPH (2 members)
- Jason Harkins (1 year)
Cooperative Extension
- Leslie Forstadt (1 year)
Research Centers and Institutes (4 members)
- Rosemary Smith (3 years)
- Paul Mayewski (2 years)
- Ian Bricknell (2 years)
- Paul Anderson (1 year)
Deans/Associate Deans (2 members)
- Ivan Manev (1 year)
- Ed Ashworth (1 year)
Other members –
Dean of the Graduate School & Assoc. Provost
- Daniel Sandweiss
Dean of the Honors College
- Nancy Hall
Exec. Dir. of Research and Economic Development
- Jake Ward
Dir., Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
- Michael Hastings
Provost
- Susan Hunter
Dean of Libraries
- Joyce Rumery
Graduate Student
- Janice Duy (1 year)
