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.

2024-25 Assignments

  1. Maintain lines of communication/collaboration with IUI and UFC RACs.
  2. Develop and propose a policy on research transparency. Initial work was done a few years ago and is available as a starting point.
  3. Collaborate with the space-planning committee to identify strategies to help faculty with communication about the implementation of those changes.
  4. Review BL-ACA-A1 and propose changes to improve the clarity of the policy.
  5. Engage in conversations around the Nelson Memorandum that describes new federal requirements for preservation and access to data produced through federally funded research.
  6. Collaborate with FAC to investigate postdoctoral packages at IUB, with an effort to identify strategies to improve recruiting.

2024-25 Members

Co-chairs:

Jillian Kinzie, School of Education
Pete Kollbaum, School of Optometry 

Ashley Clark
Center for Survey Research 		Seda Durguner
Kelley School of Business
Ethan Fridmanski
Libraries		Stephen Hiller
Center for Evaluation, Policy, & Research
Timothy Mickleborough
School of Public Health		David Rutkowski
School of Education
Luke Saxton-Stivers
IU Student Government Representative		Alexis Harbour
GPSG Representative
Brea Perry, (Ex-officio)
Associate Vice President for Research and Vice Provost for Research for Bloomington		Wen Qi, (Ex-officio)
Research Analyst, Faculty and Academic Affairs