Committees

The Academic Articles describe the work of particular standing University committees, including one focused on research, scholarship, and creative endeavor. 

University Committee on Research and Sponsored Programs

As outlined in the University’s Academic Articles, the University Committee on Research and Sponsored Programs (UCRSP) provides faculty perspectives on all aspects of the Vice President for Research’s responsibility for supporting research, scholarship, and creative endeavor across all disciplines of the University.

Particularly for externally funded programs, the UCRSP: 

- formulates policies for research and sponsored educational programs;

- advises on the implementation of research compliance programs;

- advises appropriate offices about programs to assist faculty with finding and securing sponsored research and education programs;

- makes recommendations for the planning, establishment, and operation of interdisciplinary facilities for the conduct of research;

- serves as an avenue of communication among the administrative officers of the University and the members of the faculty and staff engaged in research and sponsored educational programs;

- disseminates to the faculty information about committee actions;

- and receives suggestions for future action.

The Committee also provides an annual report of its activities to the Academic Council.

UCRSP Membership

The UCRSP consists of the Vice President for Research, who chairs the committee; 12 faculty members actively involved in research or research management: two with tenure elected by and from the tenured and tenure-track faculty of each of the Colleges, one elected with tenure by and from the tenured and tenure-track faculty of each of the Schools, and one elected by and from all research faculty. Elected members serve staggered three-year terms.

The current members are as follows:

Nicholas Berente, professor, Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations

John Deak, associate professor, Department of History

Michael Hildreth, dean of the Graduate School, associate provost and vice president for Graduate Studies, and professor of physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Christopher Hinkle, Bettex Family Chair and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

Ken Kelley, senior associate dean for faculty and research and Edward F. Sorin Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations, Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations

Krupali Krusche, associate professor, School of Architecture

Santosh Kumar, associate professor of development and global health economics, Keough School of Global Affairs

Gary Lamberti, Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland Professor of Aquatic Science, Department of Biological Sciences

Jeffrey F. Rhoads, vice president for research and professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Daniel Robertson, associate research professor, Department of Physics

William Schneider, Dorini Family Chair of Energy Studies, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sharon Stack, Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Director of the Harper Cancer Research Institute and Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Susan Tuskan, executive associate, Notre Dame Research

Lijuan (Peggy) Wang, professor, Department of Psychology

Need more information?

For questions about the UCRSP, please contact research@nd.edu. To learn more about all committees at Notre Dame, please visit https://provost.nd.edu/committees/.