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Research
Council
Members
Roster
COMMITTEE
CHARGE
AUSPICES:
The Research Council is a standing Council
of the University of South Florida Faculty Senate and receives
authority for its actions through the body.
CHARGE:
The Research Council is responsible for
advising the President, Provost, Vice President for Research, Dean
of the Graduate School, and other administrative officials on
matters pertaining to policies and procedures intended to promote
growth, excellence, and integrity in research and creative
activity throughout the university community.
OPERATING PROCEDURES:
The Council shall develop its own
operating procedures, subject to approval by the Provost of the
University, which shall include:
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Provision for meeting with
and advising the President, Provost, Vice President for
Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and other
administrative officials on matters pertaining to policies and
procedures intended to promote research and creative activity
throughout the university community.
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Provision for assisting the
Vice President for Research in recommending the disbursement
of the Sponsored Research Development Trust Fund.
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Provision for review of
proposals to support research and other creative activities,
and for awarding grants to USF faculty from funds allocated to
the council.
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Provision for review
of proposals from USF faculty to support international travel
activities, and for awarding travel grants from funds
allocated to the council.
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Provision for review
of proposals from USF faculty to support organizing
conferences, and for awarding conference grants from funds
allocated to the council.
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Provision for advising the
Division of Research Grants on appropriate ways of
disseminating information to faculty and to the administration
on the availability of funds for sponsored research
activities.
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Provision for appropriate
liaison with other university councils and standing committees
whose function may be related to the promotion of research and
other creative activities at USF.
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Provision of the
encouragement and promotion of research and other creative
activities at USF, both funded and unfunded.
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Provision for advising the
Research Office on development and promotion of policies,
procedures, standards and guidance to ensure demonstrated
excellence and integrity in proposing, conducting, and
reporting research.
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Provision for the
encouragement of interdisciplinary research and creative
activity among department and/or colleges.
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Provision for the
encouragement of outside funding, research and other creative
activity at USF, including fellowships, traineeships and
training grants for students and faculty, equipment grants,
research participating grants, and grants supporting special
programs.
MEMBERSHIP:
- Membership shall consist of one
representative from each college; one additional
representative from any college having more than 250 full-time
faculty members; a third representative from any college
having more than 400 full-time faculty members; and two
faculty members at large. All appointees should have
demonstrated productivity in research or other creative
activity. The membership comprises staggered three-year terms,
with one-third of the membership retiring each year. Allowance
may be made for nominees to request initial appointment for
fewer than three years, but not less than one year. A member
completing three consecutive years of service may not be
re-appointed during the following year unless temporarily
appointed to a vacancy on the council. When the number of
applicants from a college exceeds the number of available
positions, an applicant may be invited to serve as an
Alternate.
- Vice President for Research (ex-officio
and non-voting)
- Associate Vice President for Research for
Research Grants (ex-officio and non-voting)
APPOINTMENT:
The members of this Council will be appointed
by the Provost from nominees provided by the Faculty Senate.
CHAIR/VICE CHAIR:
The Chair and Vice-Chair shall be elected by
the members of the council and shall be faculty members serving
the second or third year of his/her term.
Date of
last revision: 4/20/05
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