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
- 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.
- Collaborate with the space-planning committee to identify strategies to help faculty with communication about the implementation of those changes.
- Review BL-ACA-A1 and propose changes to improve the clarity of the policy.
- 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.
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 |