The Research Advisory Council serves as a collaborative forum to support, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding grant opportunities, college goals, and research projects.
- To facilitate, monitor, evaluate and recommend college goals and standards.
- To identify grant opportunities and provide support for individuals seeking grants.
- To review and evaluate key performance indicators data and institutional set standards to recommend if existing standards/goals should be revised, or if new standards/goals should be added.
- To annually review existing college-wide standards and goals, as established the prior year, and evaluate if the college is meeting or not meeting its benchmarks.
- To serve as a resource and liaison for departments and units regarding existing and new department/unit standards and goals.
- To recommend college-wide standards and goals to the Academic Senate and Institutional Effectiveness committee.
- To facilitate department and unit dialogue regarding their specific standards and goals, and forward those recommendations to the Academic Senate and Institutional Effectiveness Committee.
- To review and evaluate new or revised standards and goals resulting from state and/or federal mandates.
- To identify grant opportunities that align with the mission, strategic planning goals, and resource needs of the college.
- To serve as a liaison between the LRCCD Grants Office and Folsom Lake College, and provide local support for grant efforts to college staff, faculty, and administration.
- Facilitate on campus research requests.
Total number of members is six (6), including representation from the following constituency groups:
- Administrators (1)
- Faculty (2)
- Classified (2)
- Students (1)
All grants, including grant-like projects must be submitted to the Research Advisory Council (RAC) for vetting via the grant proposal form (coming soon).
If individuals or groups would like to request permission to conduct research at Folsom Lake College (FLC ) and/or other colleges in the Los Rios District, approval is needed through our local research review process. Guidelines for requesting approval are described in the documents below.
If you have questions, or need assistance, please contact Monica Pactol, Vice President of Instruction, at pactolm@flc.losrios.edu or (916) 608-6503.
Resources
Conducting Research Information
Research Request Form
Sample Consent Form