University Research Council (URC)

Purpose/Mission

The University Research Council (URC) provides advice and assistance to the Associate Provost for Research in the development and administration of the research enterprise at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. The URC additionally serves as an essential body for establishing alignment between academic and research activities at Khalifa University.


Membership:
Methods And Terms Of Appointment

The Chair of the URC is the Associate Provost for Research (APR). The Secretariat of the URC is the managed by Director of University Sponsored Research.

The ex-officio URC members will consist of three (3) Associate Dean for Research members, Five (5) academic members at Professor level nominated by the Provost Office to represent each main overarching research thematic areas. The APR may appoint additional members as required. URC members who are not ex-officio will serve a one-year term with the possibility of renewal.

All members of the URC, except for the Secretary, are voting members.

URC will meet at least on a monthly basis with reasonable effort made to meet quorum (either physically or virtually).


Roles and Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the URC are to:


Foster a supportive and enabling environment for research at Khalifa University and assist in developing an action plan to help realize the University’s potential for distinction in research, creativity, and scholarly activities;

Review and recommend new or modified policies and procedures that govern research across the University;

Review and recommend on an annual basis any updates to the Research Strategy;

Recommend for funding awards sponsored by the internal University research funds;

Undertake an annual review of internal funding progress and where necessary recommend the amendment or cancellation of awards;

Undertake an annual review and provide recommendations for research laboratory and research computing capital expenditure requirements.

Every quarter consider requests for research staff promotions.

On an annual basis (September) consider requests for salary increments.

Any other relevant matters that are brought to the URC by one of the members.