UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COUNCIL


Charge: To review and recommend university funding for research and creative projects proposed by university faculty. A collateral charge involves cooperation with the college research committees in nurturing, facilitating, and encouraging the pursuit of research and creative activities on the part of individual faculty members. The Institutional Review Board and Animal Use and Care Committee are subcommittees of the University Research Council. Moreover, this council will review any reported fraud or abuse in research at UCA in accordance with currently established policy.

Membership: Chairs of the six college research committees and two faculty members at large selected by the Faculty Senate for alternating two-year terms.

Capacity Member Term Expires
Graduate Dean, Chair Elaine McNiece Permanent
College Research Committee Chairs
James Downey (BUS) 2008
Karen Steelman (NSM) 2008
Angela Webster-Smith (ED) 2008
Art Gillaspy (HBS) 2008
Clayton Crockett (LA) 2008
Kevin Browne (FAC) 2008
Faculty Senate Appointments
Don Perry (NSM) 2008
Paige Rose (FAC) 2009

Meetings: on call

Reports to: Provost

Send minutes to: Chair of the Committee on Committees    

Page last updated:  10/05/2007

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