Overarching Objectives
- Increase participation and transparency
- Work closely with new VCR Deborah Crawford; understand ORE staff and budget structures
- Advance Team Science across UT
Goals for Research Council sessions and activities
- Assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research procedures and productivity:
- Using short- and long-term data
- Specifically considering how diverse subgroups are affected (e.g., international students and scholars, faculty of color, female faculty) in light of intersectionality
- Initiate engaged conversation with the UT Graduate School and the Bredesen Center:
- How to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration between faculty, postdocs, and grad students
- Learn about standards for students working in larger research groups
- Explore promising practices re. support for multidisciplinary graduate education in the Graduate School and the Bredesen Center
- Showcase research structures in the Social Sciences and Humanities; discuss indicators and standards of productivity beyond external funding
- Learn more about the UT One Health Initiative
- Continue participating in shared governance related to the Oak Ridge Institute at UT
- Explore opportunities created by the university’s recent designation as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
- Facilitate research communication structures and procedures at UT