FUNCTION: To advise the Faculty Council and the president on matters relating to the research mission of the University and the relationship between it and other aspects of the University's overall mission; to provide for wider dissemination of information concerning the research mission of the University, how that mission is being discharged, and how it might be enhanced.
COMPOSITION: Nine (9) voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms, one (1) school or college administrator (associate dean for Research) for a one (1) year term, and two (2) research staff members for two (2) year staggered terms. No more than two (2) faculty members of the committee shall be from a given college or school. One (1) undergraduate student appointed by the president from a panel of two (2) names submitted by the Senate of College Councils and two (2) graduate students appointed from a panel of four (4) names submitted by the Graduate Student Assembly. At least one (1) of the graduate student members of the committee shall be enrolled in one (1) of the Ph.D. programs of the Graduate School. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two (2) voting faculty members of the Faculty Council for one (1) year terms. Each fall, the committee shall elect a chair elect who shall be a voting faculty member of the committee, though, if that proves impossible, it shall elect a vice chair as an interim measure, while continuing to seek a chair elect. Each committee shall make an annual report on its work, in writing, to the General Faculty and Faculty Council. Both the vice president for research and the dean of the Graduate School shall serve as administrative advisors to the committee without vote.
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Annual Report
2020-2021 Annual Report
2021-2022 Membership
The 21-22 committee will start work in fall 2021. Until then, please refer to the 20-21 committee: https://facultycouncil.utexas.edu/20-21-c11-research-policy-committee
Committee Chair
William Charlton
Email: wcharlton@austin.utexas.edu
Chair Elect
Zhengrong Cui
2019-2022
Roger T. Bonnecaze, Professor, Chemical Engineering
Shannon E. Cavanagh, Associate Professor, Sociology
William Charlton, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
2020-2023
Sharon D. Horner, Professor, Nursing
Erin Lentz, Associate Professor, Public Affairs
Elizabeth Matsui, Professor, Population Health
2021-2024
Zhengrong Cui, Professor, Pharmacy
Mbemba Jabbi, Assistant Professor (Medical), Psychiatry
Jarrod A. Lewis-Peacock, Associate Professor, Psychology
2021-2022 Faculty Council Representatives
Liz Gershoff, Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
Jessica Toste, Associate Professor, Special Education
College or School Administrator with vote
2021-2022
Andreas Matouscheck, Associate Dean for Research, College of Natural Sciences
Staff Members
2020-2022
Julie Hayes, Associate Director and Microscopy Facility Director, Center for Biomedical Research Support
2021-2023
TBD
Student Members
2021-2022
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Jonathan Espinoza, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Shubhi Nanda, Senate of College Councils Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2021-2022
Marvin L. Hackert, Associate Dean, Graduate School Representative
Mary A. Steinhardt, Associate Vice President For Research