* Promote research productivity within the College of Nursing.
* Develop, maintain, and supervise research infrastructure in the Office of Research and Scholarship.
* Mentor faculty to increase research productivity.
* Serve as liaison internally and externally to promote college research efforts and increase visibility of college research and scholarship.
Administrative Leadership within the College:
* Provides administrative leadership within the College through membership on the College of Nursing Administrative Team.
* Participates in decision-making related to policy and resource needs and allocations related to research.
* Oversees the
BSN Research Focused Disciplinary Honors Program.
* Advocates for faculty workload to promote faculty research productivity.
Administrative Oversight of Research Support Services:
* Provides leadership and administrative oversight for the design and maintenance of infrastructure necessary to meet the College research and scholarship needs outlined in the strategic plan.
* Manages overall operations of the Office of Research and Scholarship.
* Recruits, hires, retains, and supervises research assistants associated with the Office of Research and Scholarship.
* Develops and oversees the budget of the Office of Research and Scholarship.
* Evaluates the effectiveness of the Office of Research and Scholarship including submission of annual report, including trends on publications, grants, and overall research productivity.
* Coordinates systems and processes for proposal development, review, critique, and submission.
* Coordinates repository of agency guidelines (approval processes and forms), grant proposals and review comments (where available), and University and College boilerplates.
* Coordinates and maintains databases on faculty research expertise and faculty and student research activity.
* Assures availability of statistical support services needed by Faculty and doctoral students.
Scholarly Productivity:
* Promotes a culture of scholarship in the College of Nursing.
* Mentors faculty in all stages of research development, funding, conduct, and dissemination.
* Coordinates plans for faculty development related to research.
* Facilitates research mentors and/or partnerships within and outside the university.
* Facilitates mechanisms for assisting faculty with preparation, review, and submission of scholarly works for publication and presentation.
* Promotes scholarly dialogue among faculty and doctoral students.
* Continues own program of research/scholarly productivity.
* Models teacher/scholar role.
Liaison:
* Represents the College in research related issues within and outside the College and University.
* Develops and maintains effective relationships with external research oversight and funding bodies as well as University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Office of Research Compliance. |