Research Excellence
Strengthen UAlbany’s research, scholarship, and creative pursuits that address societal challenges, advance human knowledge, and drive innovation and discovery.
- Recruit and retain faculty, staff and graduate students who strongly contribute to distinctive disciplinary and interdisciplinary research programs that drive entrepreneurship, public-private partnerships,
and translational application.
- Empower faculty, staff and students to engage in innovative research through an enhanced research infrastructure, including streamlined pre- and post-award support practices.
- Identify and support innovative research opportunities that maintain a balanced research portfolio throughout the disciplines while encouraging collaboration across our programs.
Sample Research Excellence Metrics:
- Number of faculty scholarship and citations in top-tier journals, books, and publications
- Faculty creative work exhibitions in top-tier venues
- Total number and value of research grant applications, awards,
and expenditures - Recognitions and honors in the arts, humanities, science, engineering, and health1
- National academy memberships1
- Postdoctoral appointees1
- Increasing ratio of faculty with research grants
- Ratio of doctorates awarded per faculty compared to peers
1 As defined by The Center for Measuring University Performance