Research Council
Mission
Enhance the research enterprise at MSU and provide guidance and recommendations for strategic investments to facilitate discovery on the MSU campus.
Areas of Responsibility
- Recommend approaches for enhancing research infrastructure.
- Recommend approaches for enhancing interdisciplinary research .
- Enhance research and creative activities across all disciplines of the university.
- Address broader impacts of social and ethical implications of research.
- Strengthen the integration of and the impact of research on the learning experience of our students.
- Identify approaches for enhancing and expanding MSU’s graduate program.
- Identify approaches for enhancing undergraduate engagement in research.
- Identify processes for enhancing the communication of discovery within and outside MSU, including ways to celebrate research.
- Identify goals and metrics for increased competitiveness and overall success of the research enterprise.
Membership
VP for Research, Chair | |
*One Dean | |
*One Department Head | |
*Two Center Directors | |
*Seven Faculty | [One Representative from each College] |
*One Faculty Senate | |
*One Professional Staff | |
One Community Member | [President's Advisory Council] |
Provost | [Non-Voting] |
VP for Student Success | [Non-Voting] |
Vice Provost Graduate Education | [Non-Voting] |
* This is an elected, two-year term.