Faculty Handbook

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2022-23

RESEARCH COUNCIL Reviewed May 2019

PURPOSE: To promote a vigorous research program at the College by recommending initiatives, plans, policies and strategies to the administration, and being an internal resource for other researchers. PRINCIPLE REPORTING LINK: Vice President for Academic Affairs. Chaired by the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. MEMBERSHIP: Appointment is made annually by the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs according to the following procedures: • The chair of the Research Council (RC) will be the director of the Graduate Center for Vision Research/associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research. • The Research Council will consist of up to 8 faculty members who are active researchers. • To the extent possible, the eight faculty members will consist of funded faculty holding an external research grant of over $100,000 total per annum; • If more than eight faculty qualify by the funding criterion, then faculty will rotate annually on a first-in first-out basis; • at least two members will be clinical researchers; • If less than eight faculty qualify for Council, then the vice president will appoint up to two non-funded active researchers, preferably with funding histories. • The Grants Manager will serve on the Council as a non-voting ex officio member. SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS: The vice president will ask Research Council to generate ideas, make decisions or provide advice on areas including, but not limited to: • Long-range planning for the development of research at the College; • Strategies for the achieving the College's strategic priorities; • Campus-based research policies and the allocation of resources • Funding of research infra-structure and support personnel by internal and external funds, including the Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research; • Acting as a resource for internal assessment and evaluation of proposed research;

DECISION MAKING: Advisory to the Dean.

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