The Chair is elected by the members of the Committee and serves as an ex-officio member of the faculty Council. Members are nominated by any interested party to the Chair of the Committee and are approved by the Faculty Council. Members are selected from among the regular full-time members of the faculty of the University, with particular care to ensure representation from the diverse units and disciplinary areas.
Members serve for three years and are eligible to serve so more than two consecutive terms.
The Committee's charge is to administer the Research Fund established by the Provost, in close cooperation with the Vice-President of Research. Enclosed is a copy of the Annual Report for the University Research Committee as requested. The spring review process will be completed by April 24th and the final awards will be made shortly thereafter. I estimate that we will be funding about 20 applications this spring. We have recently completed an extensive review of how the URC awards help faculty publish and bring in outside research grants.