A61.15
Policy

RESEARCH ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE

(Approved, Faculty Senate 03/29/11)

The Research Allocations Committee supervises and allocates the Faculty Research Fund. The committee shall communicate and meet with the Vice President for Research or his/her designated representatives. They shall formally meet at least monthly during fall and spring semesters to discuss the availability and allocation of funds. The committee receives requests from faculty members for grants-in-aid, determines faculty eligibility for grants from the fund and the amount of such grants, and appraises the merits of proposed research projects as well as the productivity of the applicants.

Committee Membership

Ten members appointed by the Faculty Senate; of these ten, at least one shall be selected from each of the following seven areas; physical sciences--chemistry, earth and planetary, mathematics and statistics, physics and astronomy; life sciences--biology, psychology; social sciences--anthropology, "business and administrative sciences", economics, geography, history, law, political science, sociology; engineering--all departments of the School of Engineering; education--all departments of the College of Education; humanities--architecture, English, journalism, foreign languages and literatures, Spanish and Portuguese, philosophy, communication and fine arts--all departments of the College of Fine Arts. The term of service shall be two years. Committee members may be elected to a second two-year term. At least one year must pass before a Committee member who has served two consecutive two-year terms is again eligible to serve. At the last meeting each year, the Committee shall elect a chair from the eligible membership. The chair shall remain active through the summer session. The chair or a designated representative shall convene the initial meeting of the new committee.