Established January 1993, the Research Advisory Council is a University-wide advisory group under the direction of the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation. The Council will advise the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation on all research matters, including:

• Making recommendations on a research agenda for the University;
• Making recommendations on the research infrastructure, including space and equipment;
• Collecting and disseminating information on research at the state and national levels;
• Recognizing and responding to research policies at the local, state, and federal levels;
• Reviewing intramural research funding initiatives;
• Reviewing nominations for research committees, awards, and University Scholars Program;
• Coordinating University research/technology subcommittees.

MEMBERSHIP AS OF OCTOBER 2010

Pierce, William M., Jr., Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation (CHAIR)

Feldhoff, Pam, Associate Vice President for Research (Ex-Officio)

Cohn, Robert, Electrical Engineering

Dugatkin, Lee A., Biology

Galandiuk, Susan, Surgery

Gohmann, Stephan F., Business and Public Administration

Jayanthi, Chakram,Physics and  Astronomy

Mervis, Carolyn, Psychological & Brain Sciences

Petry, Heywood M., Psychological & Brain Sciences

Pisano, Michele, Molecular, Cellular & Craniofacial Biology

Prabhu, Sumanth, Medicine

Stringfield, Samuel C., Leadership, Foundations and Hum. Res. Ed.

Suttles, Jill, Microbiology & Immunology

Valdes, Roland, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Weaver, Russ, Law School