Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 57.85
Liaison Chad Carwein
Submission Date Jan. 17, 2023

STARS v2.2

East Carolina University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.39 / 12.00 Chad Carwein
University Sustainability Manager
HSC Facilities Services
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
1,091

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
107

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
9.81

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
67

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
29

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
43.28

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Please see attachment

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The 2021-2022 inventory of faculty engaged in sustainability research was compiled by Philip Van Wagoner, Graduate Intern for the ECU Sustainability Program. Philip obtained databases of all research projects active during FY 2022 and sorted through the data to compile a list of faculty who are engaged in sustainability-related or -focused research.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Source: Philip Van Wagoner, Graduate Intern for ECU Sustainability Program

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