Leadership
USF Research Council
The Research Council is a standing council of the USF Faculty Senate and reports to the Senate Council and the USF Research & Innovation Vice President. The Research Council is operated and supported by the Research Development Institute on behalf of USF Research & Innovation. Read the Research Council Charge (PDF).
Research Council Responsibilities
The Research Council is responsible for advising the President, Vice President for Research & Innovation, and other administration officials across USF on matters pertaining to policies and procedures intended to promote growth, excellence, and integrity in research and creative activity throughout the university community.
The Research Council is also responsible for:
- USF Internal Awards grant program: develop policies & procedures and recommend awardees for the Sponsored Research
Internal Awards Program.
- University-wide grants and awards: review & recommend awardees for the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards.
- Limited submission pre-proposal selection: review & rank pre-proposals for Vice President. Chair, or designee, attends one meeting of the USF Faculty Council each semester and makes a report to the council members. Meet with councils and standing committees to promote research and other creative activities at USF.
Research Council Eligibility
The Research Council membership consists of:
- One representative from each college of USF
- One additional representative from any college having more than 250 full-time faculty members
- A third representative from any college having more than 400 full-time faculty members
- One representative from the St. Petersburg campus
- One representative from the Sarasota-Manatee campus
- Two faculty members at large
To be eligible to serve on the Research Council, nominees must be full-time members of the general faculty holding the rank of Research, Clinical, Visiting, Assistant-In, Associate-In, Lecturer, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, or Librarian. Service on the RC is generally for three years commencing with the Fall Semester, although allowance may be made for nominees to request initial appointment for fewer than three years, but not less than one year.
Since Research Council members conduct the Internal Award selection process for USF Research & Innovation, they are eligible (with the exception of the current chair) to apply for an Internal Award, while serving on the Research Council, within the guidelines outlined in the Research Council Charge (PDF).
Faculty may nominate themselves to serve on the Research Council by filling out the:
Nomination form for Service on University-Wide and Faculty Senate Committees and Councils (MS Word)
Nomination forms are reviewed by the Faculty Senate Committee on Committees and potential appointees are reviewed and confirmed by the Senate Executive Committee before being sent to the Vice President for Research & Innovation for final review and appointment. If all positions from a particular college have been filled, nominees may be considered for one of the two 鈥淎t Large鈥� positions (if open) or may be invited to serve on another committee or council of the Faculty Senate.