|
Member |
Appointment |
Term |
|
Richard Brown (Chemical Engineering) |
Faculty Senate |
2001-2004 |
|
William B. Euler (Chemistry) |
Research Center Director |
2001-2004 |
|
Brian G. Heikes (Oceanography) |
Faculty Senate |
2001-2004 |
|
Marshall Feldman (Community Planning) |
Faculty Senate |
2002-2005 |
|
Kenneth R. Hinga (Oceanography) |
Business Administration |
2001-2002 |
|
Cathy Curtin-Miller |
Business Administration |
2001-2002 |
|
Marie Jenkins Schwartz (History) |
Faculty Senate |
1999-2002 |
|
Dayle F. Joseph (Nursing) |
Council of Deans |
2001-2004 |
|
Dana Kovarsky (CommunicativeDisorders) |
Faculty Senate |
2000-2003 |
|
Janet Kulberg (Graduate School) |
Ex-Officio |
|
|
Karen M. Markin (Research Office) |
Ex-Officio, Research Office |
|
|
Susan Peterson (English) |
Graduate Student Assoc. |
2001-02 |
|
Shaw Chen (Business) |
Provost |
2002-2003 |
|
Joseph S. Rossi (CPRC) |
Provost |
2000-2003 |
|
Mary C. Sullivan (Nursing) |
Faculty Senate |
2001-2004 |
|
Cathy R. Roheim (Env. & Nat. Res. Econ.) |
Provost |
2000-2003 |
|
Janett Trubatch, Ex-Officio |
|
|
|
Hossein Zia (Pharmaceutics) |
Faculty Senate |
2000-2003 |
Professor William Euler served as Chair for the Council for Research during the 2002-2003 academic year. The Council met on the following dates:
September 9, 2002
October 7, 2002
November 4, 2002
December 2, 2002
February 3, 2003
March 3, 2003
March 24, 2003 (planned)
April 7, 2003 (planned)
May 5, 2003 (planned)
At the request of the Curricular Affairs Committee, two proposals for the creation of Centers were discussed by the Council for Research: the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America. Comments from the Council were favorable for both groups.
The Council engaged in extensive discussions on the small boat and the purchasing policies of the University, particularly on how they affect research activities. No recommendations for action were forthcoming from these discussions.
Two recommendations from the Council for Research were forwarded to the Provost. The first was to suggest that the Provost establish a fund to support graduate student research, similar to that used for undergraduate student research projects. The second recommendation was to change the employment term for postdoctoral associates. Currently, URI limits postdoctoral research appointments to two years; the Council recommended that this be changed to three years, which is in better accord with practices around the country.
Based on recommendations from the Faculty Senate Executive committee, the Council submitted legislation to the Faculty Senate concerning the review process and cycle for Partnerships. The Council recommended that Partnerships, after an initial three-year probationary period, should request to become a continuing entity and fall into the same category as other Centers at the University. All Centers, Partnerships, and similar organizations will be reviewed by the Council for Research on a seven year cycle. This legislation passed the Faculty Senate.
Two subcommittees were set up to help the Research Office. The first was to select a group to submit a "Partnership for Innovation" proposal to the National Science Foundation. There were five applicants for this and the University is only allowed to submit one proposal. The second subcommittee will be meeting to recommend candidates for the annual Recognition Luncheon. This subcommittee will recommend faculty for research awards.
Finally, the Council will be reviewing faculty proposals submitted to the Faculty Development and Proposal Development programs. We anticipate having between $80,000 and $85,000 available to recommend for funding, with about 40% allocated to Faculty Development and about 60% to Proposal Development. We expect about 20 proposals in each category to be submitted and we expect to recommend funding for approximately 6-7 proposals in the Faculty Development category and 7-8 proposals in the Proposal Development category. Proposals in the Faculty Development category typically request smaller amounts of funding than those in the Proposal Development category. To adequately fund all of the worthy proposal submitted to the program would require $200,000 to $250,000.
Report submitted by William Euler, Chair
Council for Research
March 5, 2003