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R1 Research Survey

The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ R1 Steering Committee invites you to fill out the following survey to share your ideas and submit nominations for working groups.

One of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s strategic goals is to achieve R1 research status by 2027. R1 is the highest classification of research activity defined by the Carnegie Classification system. Being an R1 university would place ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ within the top 4% of U.S. universities with respect to research.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ has consistently ranked as an R2 (high research activity) university and as of 2021 was only nine (out of 280 R1 and R2 universities) positions away from being R1. In 2020, as part of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Strategic Plan, a committee of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ faculty, staff and students identified mechanisms to help ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ achieve R1 status while maintaining ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s core values. This report can be found on the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Strategic Goals website.

This past spring, with the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Board of Regents encouragement, Chancellor White revitalized this goal and formed ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s R1 Steering Committee. This committee is now recruiting members for working groups that will work toward refining, prioritizing, and implementing the proposed mechanisms to help ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ achieve R1 research status.

If you are interested in volunteering your time or ideas to help ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ achieve our goal of R1 research, or if you know someone who would be an asset to one of our teams, we encourage you to please complete the above survey prior to Oct. 6.

We are hoping to accept between 5-7 people per working group for a total of approximately 65 unique ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ faculty, staff, student and administrator perspectives from across all campuses on the various R1 committees. Thank you in advance for your time and service to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ!