Warfel, Penny
a. Composition: 10

    9 faculty who are members in full standing of the Graduate Faculty and who represent each of the Faculty Senate divisions (department chairs are ineligible).

    1 Associate Provost for Research

b. Selection: Standard

c. Charges:

    1. Review requests for institutional support of individual, departmental, and college/school research proposals, and forward recommendations to the Associate Provost of Research.

    2. Assist the Associate Provost for Research  and Dean of Graduate Studies in the consideration of overall institutional policy governing the award criteria and management of University research grants, including the supervision of policies relating to the right of human subjects, patents, and publications.

    3. Review applications for sabbatical leave and forward recommendations on the applications to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research.

    4. Periodically review the University guidelines on sabbatical leaves and make recommendations for changes as appropriate.

    5. Review and act upon requests for institutional support of teaching and allocate resources available for this purpose.

    6. Assist the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research in planning new faculty orientation. The structure and organization of the orientation shall be reviewed by the Committee at least once every three years.

    7. Identify faculty who are willing to help other faculty who wish assistance with teaching or research.

    8. Recommend to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research ways to recognize excellence in teaching and research.
revised 3-27-00