Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.84
Liaison Andrew Horning
Submission Date Dec. 19, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Michigan
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Andrew Horning
Managing Director
Graham Sustainability Institute
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
3,652

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
704

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
19.28

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
68

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
63

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
92.65

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
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Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
http://graham.umich.edu/experts

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Each year we contact newly hired faculty and ask them to complete a survey, indicating whether their research is related to or focused on sustainability issues. Faculty that respond yes to this survey are entered into our experts database and asked to provide a paragraph describing their relevant research. For the purposes of this STARS submission we are only including faculty because we do not know the total number of staff engaged in research. Once per year we check the status of experts and remove those who have been terminated. We also send an email to all experts once a year to allow them to opt out of being considered an expert if their research focus has changed.

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:
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The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.