About Research
Mission Statement
The mission of HCNHS Research is to support and advance research knowledge by developing and disseminating scholarly research interests through grants, manuscripts, presentations, and creative endeavors.
Goals
Increase externally-funded faculty research
- Associate dean to offer workshops for all faculty on grant writing and project fit
- Associate dean to develop incentives for faculty to secure foundation or government grants, such as NSF or NIH, for research and program development
- Contract with grant writer on “as needed” basis
- Contract with research consultants on selected projects
Increase resources available for grant writing and submissions
- Statistician support
- Grant writer support
- Qualtrics
Collaborate with Harris College academic units to develop new graduate programs
Increase number of students involved in the Student Research Symposium
Increase number of publications and presentations by 5%
- Associate dean to increase mentoring focus with TT faculty: add at least four mentoring sessions for all incoming faculty and faculty within first five years, such as “how to manage the tenure & promotion process”, “how to work with students on the undergraduate and graduate projects,” what are the IRB and DRB processes for research at TCU,” “research support” and “collaboration efforts with other faculty on campus – bring in new faculty from across campus”
- Chairs and Directors to review workload policies and recommend policies to support research productivity
- Faculty to review quality of research productivity criteria and make recommendations for policy revisions if needed
Increase the number of students involved with research and creative activities
- Associate dean will enhance the research culture for students by creating a HCNHS undergraduate student of the year award and a HCNHS graduate student of the year award and develop the criteria for the awards with a stipend attached for travel to present at a conference in their field
- Dean to highlight honors students’ projects at the Harris Academic Banquet
Dean to find ways to document student-faculty engagement in collaborative research and/or scholarship projects
Research Policies
Course Buyout Policy:
The Harris College Administrative Council comprised of the Dean, the chairs of the departments, and the assistant and associate deans approved a course buyout policy to address a faculty course buyout requested by a faculty member and approved by the department chair. The faculty member will have to pay 12.5% of his/her salary for each requested course buyout. This usually happens as a result of a funded grant outlining the approved buyout. This policy can be found in the Harris College Handbook located on the “hhs_common drive”. Please review this policy before arranging for a course buyout release.
Graduate Faculty Policy:
The Harris College Administrative Council comprised of the Dean, the chairs of the departments, and the assistant and associate deans approved a graduate faculty policy that
a) aligns better with the university policy, but more importantly
b) reflects our college in a more meaningful and fair way.
We now have an approved policy with two distinct titles for types of graduate faculty: Research and Clinical Graduate Faculty. This policy can be found in the Harris College Handbook located on the “hhs_common drive”.
Research Dashboard
Contact
Dr. Debbie Rhea
Harris College: Associate Dean of Research & Health Sciences
d.rhea@tcu.edu
817-257-5263
David Farbo
Harris College: Health Sciences & Research
d.farbo@tcu.edu
817-257-4784