Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.81
Liaison Jennifer McLaughlin
Submission Date May 26, 2023

STARS v2.2

South Dakota State University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.75 / 12.00 Jennifer McLaughlin
Sustainability Intern
Facilities and Services
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
525

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
88

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
16.76

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
32

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
15

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
46.88

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:
The Division of Research & Economic Development provided a list of all research grants that were submitted through their office. From this list, a keyword search in the research title and description narrowed down the list of research projects. The same keyword search that was used for academic courses was used as for this credit.

The Sustainability Specialist and a faculty member then read through each research project to see if they were sustainability related or not. Research projects both agreed on were included in the final list. Next, the list of research was sent out to all departments. They were asked to review the research and add any additional research they felt should be included.

The information only includes sponsored research projects.

Descriptions are not shared publicly due to the potential inclusion of proprietary information.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Covers 3 years worth of research.

Due to potential proprietary information, our institution is not allowed to share the descriptions of the research listed above.

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