Restricted Research FY2020

Committee Details:

Committee: Restricted Research
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate
Fiscal Year: 2020

Committee Description—

Pursuant to the university’s restricted research policy (FSRR Article IX), this committee reviews and, if appropriate under that policy, approves proposals for exceptions to the university policy against engaging in research that is subject to restrictions on the transparency of data or the dissemination of results.

Membership: 6 faculty members holding regular appointments to the graduate faculty, appointed to staggered three-year terms, with two members rotating each year. The Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies or designee and the Chair of the Faculty Senate Research Committee, or designee, will be ex-officio, non-voting members of the committee.

Members—

Chair:  Gene Rankey, Geology (2021)
Vincent Barker, Business (2021)
Mark Shiflett, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (2022)
Elizabeth MacGonagle, African & African-American Studies (2021)
Andrew McKenzie, Linguistics (2022)
Allan Pasco, French & Italian (2020)

Ex-Officio:
Susan MacNally, Interim Director, Research Integrity
Chair, Faculty Senate Research Committee. Steven Maynard-Moody

Charges—

Approved by FacEx: June 7, 2019
Approved by Faculty Senate: September 12, 2019

For further information or to schedule a meeting with FacEx to discuss charges or the committee’s work, contact FacEx Chair Shawn Alexander.

  • Minutes of each meeting should be e-mailed to the Governance Office (govern@ku.edu) as they are approved.  The minutes will be posted to the Governance web site.
  • If the committee is recommending a change to university policy or rules, FacEx must officially receive that recommendation by March 31, 2020 in order to meet timeline requirements for full review by Governance.
  • Please send a report of the committee’s actions on each of the charges, as well as any recommendations the committee wishes to make concerning charges or membership for the following academic year, to University Governance, at govern@ku.edu, and submit the final report by April 17, 2020.  

Standing charges: 

  1. Pursuant to the university’s restricted research policy (FSRR Article IX), review and, if appropriate under that policy, approve proposals for exceptions to the university policy against engaging in research that is subject to restrictions on the transparency of data or the dissemination of results.
     
  2. Publish each of the Committee’s recommendations in a notice to the Faculty Senate Research Committee in a timely manner. The notice shall include:
    1. Title of project;
    2. Name of principal investigator or project director;
    3. Source or sources of funds for support of project;
    4. Action by the Restricted Research Committee as to approval or
    5. If approved, a short statement of justification for the proposed research in terms of the purposes of the University and in the light of the criteria for approval as listed in FSRR Article IX. Section 4. D.: If disapproved, a short statement of the reasons for rejection.
  3. Make an annual report to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, listing each restrictive grant or contract considered during the year, to include references to all information identified in FSRR Article IX. Section 4.C. 2. 

Meeting Minutes—

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Final Reports and Outcomes—

FY 2020 Final Report

Restricted Research FY2020