OSU Extension faculty are residents in departments and must stand for promotion and tenure review by their peers in their department. The scope of what constitutes scholarly work is broad, including juried papers, proceedings, and posters. There is an imbedded assumption in all faculty positions that you will not just teach and provide service, drawing on the information created by others, but you will also create and share new information.
Scholarship is the demonstration of that creation and sharing.
All faculty are busy and field faculty are extra busy. Faculty are not, as a rule, well supported in conduct of their scholarly work. Formal research is not required for demonstration of scholarship, and much formal research involves qualitative, not quantitative, methods. OPOD, the Office of Professional and Organizational Development, has five faculty who are here to provide the support you need to be successful. Title, author info, etc.