The Research Affairs Committee was initiated in AY 2002-03 to develop campus policies pertaining to research and to work with the Office of Research to address issues affecting campus support for research activities.
2025-2026 Assignments
- Address issues related to data storage shortfalls and its relationship to federal requirements around data archiving and its usage.
- Maintain lines of communication/collaboration with IUI and UFC RACs.
- Develop and propose a policy on research transparency. Initial work was done a few years ago and is available as a starting point.
- Engage in conversations around the Nelson Memorandum that describes new federal requirements for preservation and access to data produced through federally funded research.
- Collaborate with FAC to investigate postdoctoral packages at IUB, with an effort to identify strategies to improve recruiting.
- Others presented by the committee for review and approval.
2025-2026 Members
Co-chairs:
Jillian Kinzie, School of Education
Pete Kollbaum, School of Optometry (BFC Executive Committee Rep)
| Ashley Clark Center for Survey Research | Seda Durguner Kelley School of Business |
| Ethan Fridmanski Libraries | Abhinav Gurram IU Student Government Representative |
| Stephen Hiller Center for Evaluation, Policy, & Research | Daniel Kearns Biology |
| Timothy Mickleborough School of Public Health | Drew Pickett School of Public Health-Bloomington |
| Ethan Rahman GPSG Representative | David Rutkowski School of Education |
| Wen Qi, (Ex-officio) Research Analyst, Faculty and Academic Affairs | Scott Shackelford, (Ex-officio) Associate Vice President for Research and Vice Provost for Research for Bloomington |