Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 78.69
Liaison Lindsey Kalkbrenner
Submission Date Feb. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Santa Clara University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Veronica Johnson
Academics and Engagement Program Manager
Center for Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
414

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
68

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
16.43

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
38

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
30

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
78.95

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
We chose to include only faculty for whom research is considered in promotion and/or tenure decisions.

All faculty were sent a research survey in January 2023 in order to update the records our office has been keeping for several years. Respondents were asked to self-identify if they conduct sustainability research, based on the definitions provided in the survey. Definitions and prompts were based on the STARS Technical Manual. Additional faculty engaged in sustainability research were identified based on the following sources:
a) Self-identification via past surveys (we confirmed they are still doing sustainability research)
b) Sustainability Research Initiative grant awardees list
c) Environmental Justice Research grant awardees list
d) Hackworth Research in Applied Ethics grant awardees list

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:
The list of all current faculty (first name, last name, academic department, and rank) and Sustainability Research Initiative grant awardees was provided by the Provost Office

EJ Grant Awardee List - https://www.scu.edu/ej/grants/

Hackworth Grant Awardee List - https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/campus-ethics/programs-for-faculty-and-staff/faculty-research-grants/previous-faculty-hackworth-grant-winners/

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