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Standing Charges:

1.     The Research and Creative Activity Committee shall understand its mandate to be broadly construed in a way that encompasses the diversity of professional, research and creative activities across all schools of the University.

2.     The Committee shall review and recommend policies to foster and facilitate excellence in research, creative, and professional activities across the university.

3.     The Committee shall monitor and recommend improvements to the resources and incentives available on campus for faculty research, creative, and professional activities, including structures available to support faculty access to external funding.

4.     The Committee shall review and make recommendations to the Senate regarding graduate research, including competitive graduate stipends, awards of scholarship and loan assistance, and opportunities for workshops, programs, and other means to train and educate students in grants and other fund-securing research, creative, and professional activities.

5.     The Committee shall review and recommend policies to foster and facilitate excellence in Post-Doctoral funding and operation.

6.     In consultation with the Academic Policies Committee, the Committee shall review, evaluate, and recommend changes to graduate education policies as they relate to promoting research and creative activity.

Additional Charges for 2023-2024:

1.     Work with the Associate Provost for Research in identifying and proposing solutions to issues that negatively impact the conduct of research and creative activity.

2.     Evaluate the current state of administrative research support on campus. Evaluate proposed changes and make recommendations.

3.     Identify areas of internal research and creative activity funding and travel, and evaluate sufficiency. Make recommendations for how to build more support for faculty across campus.

4.     Consult as needed in the hiring of staff to support research, particularly in grant processing and support at all stages.

5.     Monitor the process and supports for grant funding outside of the STEM fields.