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Research Advisory Council


Duties of the Research Advisory Council


a. Advise the university administration through the Director of Research on research policy.

b. Assist the university administration to create an institutional research climate befitting a major land-grant university and bring to reality the potential of its faculty in research and scholarly activity.

c. Advise in grant and contract management.

d. Aid in the development of faculty incentives for research and scholarly activity throughout the university.

e. Responsible for establishing necessary subcommittees as required by state and/or federal regulations.




Members of the Research Advisory Council 2005-2006
John Ruffolo, Chair, Associate Vice President for Research
Kevin Kephart, Vice President for Research
John Kirby, Director of Agricultural Experiment Station
Lewis Brown, Dean of Engineering
Ruth Manson, Grants Coordinator (ORSP)
Mary Ryder, Arts & Science, 3 years
Debra Spear, Arts & Science, 3 years
Kenneth Rasmussen, Graduate Council, 3 years
Susan Strickler, Family & Consumer Sciences, 3 years
Xiangming Guan, Pharmacy, 2 years
Yang Yen, Agriculture & Biological Sciences, 2 years
Christopher Chase, Agriculture & Biological Sciences, 2 years
Padu Krishnan, Academic Senate
Sung Shin, Engineering, 1 year
Nancy Fahrenwald, Nursing, 1 year


Meetings of the Research Advisory Council

The RAC regularly meets on the third Monday of the month.


Major activities in which the RAC is involved:

The annual university-wide research appreciation day - "Celebrating Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities at SDSU."
The annual competition for faculty research grant awards under the SDSU Research Support Fund.

Research Support Fund

The annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, Creative Activities Day.

SDSU annual Journal of Undergraduate Research, edited by George Langelett.

Undergraduate Research



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