Research Affairs Committee

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

  1. Address issues related to data storage shortfalls and its relationship to federal requirements around data archiving and its usage. 
  2. Maintain lines of communication/collaboration with IUI and UFC RACs. 
  3. Develop and propose a policy on research transparency. Initial work was done a few years ago and is available as a starting point.
  4. Engage in conversations around the Nelson Memorandum that describes new federal requirements for preservation and access to data produced through federally funded research.  
  5. Collaborate with FAC to investigate postdoctoral packages at IUB, with an effort to identify strategies to improve recruiting. 
  6. 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