{"id":458,"date":"2024-08-28T13:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen-draft\/?page_id=458"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:21:15","slug":"the-committee-for-research-and-creative-activities-crca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/committees\/the-committee-for-research-and-creative-activities-crca\/","title":{"rendered":"The Committee for Research and Creative Activities (CRCA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull\">The Committee for Research and Creative Activities (CRCA)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Serves as the representative voice of the university community in all matters related to research, creative, and scholarly activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seeks to improve the environment for research at URI in all ways possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CRCA-Membership\">Membership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_492\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui colored_table\">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"492\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Committees - 2. CRCA Membership\"            id=\"footable_492\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_36204796_492\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_492 ninja_table_unique_id_36204796_492 ui table  ninja_search_right nt_type_legacy_table hide_horizonal_borders striped vertical_centered ninja_custom_color inverted footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_crcamembership225226 \">CRCA Membership, 2025-2026<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_competitivegrantssubcommittee \">Competitive Grants Subcommittee<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"0\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_0\">\n            <td>Sen. Amy D'Agata, CON (2026), Chair<\/td><td>Sen. Matt Wei, GSO (2027), Chair<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_1\">\n            <td>Sen. Ruitang Deng, COP (2028)<\/td><td>Sen. Cynthia Blanthorne, COB (2028)<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"2\" class=\"ninja_table_row_2 nt_row_id_2\">\n            <td>Sen. Matt Wei, GSO (2027)<\/td><td>Sen. David Smith, GSO (2026)<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"3\" class=\"ninja_table_row_3 nt_row_id_3\">\n            <td>Sen. Cynthia Blanthorne, COB (2028)<\/td><td>Sen. Bridget Buxton, A&amp;S (2028)<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"4\" class=\"ninja_table_row_4 nt_row_id_4\">\n            <td>Sen. Bridget Buxton, A&amp;S (2028)<\/td><td>FSEC Liaison - Sen. Samantha Meenach<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"5\" class=\"ninja_table_row_5 nt_row_id_5\">\n            <td>FSEC Liaison - Sen. Samantha Meenach<\/td><td><\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CRCA-Reports\">Reports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_516\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_1\" data-footable_id=\"516\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Committees - 2. CRCA Reports\"            id=\"footable_516\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_1086328214_516\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_516 ninja_table_unique_id_1086328214_516 ui table  ninja_search_right nt_type_legacy_table selectable striped compact vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_academicyear \">Academic Year<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_senatedate \">Senate Date<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_2 ninja_clmn_nm_report \">Report<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"0\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_0\">\n            <td>2019-2020<\/td><td>2019.11.21<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/Roman_overview_10172019-1.pdf&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771652692&amp;usg=AOvVaw1RZfFOKrJosbEurK_CvoK7\">CRCA Initial Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_1\">\n            <td>2020-2021<\/td><td>2021.04.15<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1arb5NQLU3q5qKnqfpwelzVpTTZ8YPvhQ\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771653025&amp;usg=AOvVaw0TDr2_HMGryRHHUaF3v6cR\">CRCA Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"2\" class=\"ninja_table_row_2 nt_row_id_2\">\n            <td>2021-2022<\/td><td>2021.12.09<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1nN42egUuKyarRF4klu5Bd8RBophbsVR2\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771653226&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WO7hCf63BKrhSs-IOgiSh\">CRCA Initial Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"3\" class=\"ninja_table_row_3 nt_row_id_3\">\n            <td>2021-2022<\/td><td>2022.04.14<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Qhk2qkl5B6K3G2RgFklXV-aIQs2QgtnK\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771653385&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nVZH01R2foQ8f24OW-wFW\">CRCA Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"4\" class=\"ninja_table_row_4 nt_row_id_4\">\n            <td>2022-2023<\/td><td>2022.11.17<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ty8_2V9VjsjwZaS7dxjHsJmBPRL73nxO\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771653545&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ThPzg-Lb_2FphDfkoUQYZ\">CRCA Initial Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"5\" class=\"ninja_table_row_5 nt_row_id_5\">\n            <td>2022-2023<\/td><td>2023.04.20<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mYLaIWfYRYBou02wFMT2XMdji22Sou2r\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771653697&amp;usg=AOvVaw3QTfmqocaEDcFqu3OOLkP-\">CRCA Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"6\" class=\"ninja_table_row_6 nt_row_id_6\">\n            <td>2023-2024<\/td><td>2023.12.07<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Q7M2JdLDW34KQOX1XA0I7_glxATplOZJ\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771653867&amp;usg=AOvVaw32aeNtwLRmcnX-frfX4m1S\">CRCA - Center Review Subcommittee Initial Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"7\" class=\"ninja_table_row_7 nt_row_id_7\">\n            <td>2023-2024<\/td><td>2023.12.07<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1HkcxossVt6ebL9WdM1RcF7ANl1O0npSC\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654024&amp;usg=AOvVaw0voSIGtAxeVM2sGUkqpFOX\">CRCA - Competitive Grants Subcommittee Initial Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"8\" class=\"ninja_table_row_8 nt_row_id_8\">\n            <td>2023-2024<\/td><td>2024.04.18<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tdPfnu4TQ9kxLj6zCmAJPMcebMyLvezF\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654176&amp;usg=AOvVaw12amNsq3CAizNBVKt5N8gn\">CRCA Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"9\" class=\"ninja_table_row_9 nt_row_id_9\">\n            <td>2023-2024<\/td><td>2024.04.18<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wigL5yGItkCuf2rL_JV_ygQ1jo2QbuAO\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654331&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xEhZimHfy3narKt5Iyri3\">CRCA - Center Review Subcommittee Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"10\" class=\"ninja_table_row_10 nt_row_id_10\">\n            <td>2023-2024<\/td><td>2024.04.18<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xFX7RJKqjiaupv2I49hi7tc4DImci6YE\/view&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654482&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RDmg2zdu0gFH7puN4Dwc0\">CRCA - Competitive Grants Subcommittee Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"11\" class=\"ninja_table_row_11 nt_row_id_11\">\n            <td>2024-2025<\/td><td>2025.05.01<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ek6EkOAoHh2MThozhnvSeX9ZXVROPggY\/view?usp%3Dsharing&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654629&amp;usg=AOvVaw0JDtQu6km6vDh_J5-gml_X\">Centers and Institutes SubCommittee Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"12\" class=\"ninja_table_row_12 nt_row_id_12\">\n            <td>2024-2025<\/td><td>2025.05.01<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Z1xs9_YA-5wAcl9gpJ9T7c6f0TnHAWsX\/view?usp%3Dsharing&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654778&amp;usg=AOvVaw0e6ozGu1XXYPIneLDOlcXl\">Competititve Grants Subcommittee Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"13\" class=\"ninja_table_row_13 nt_row_id_13\">\n            <td>2024-2025<\/td><td>2025.05.01<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-IHLtXnwi6Jzm-uOGWhn9X267m5rY52a\/view?usp%3Dsharing&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771654929&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SYSW2mHcHq8l_4zG6pqc2\">CRCA Final Report<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"14\" class=\"ninja_table_row_14 nt_row_id_14\">\n            <td>2025-2026<\/td><td>2025.12.11<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1deBedj_PBhl6pakDjKsVFHuwC4Kc2puN\/view?usp%3Dsharing&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1776910771655095&amp;usg=AOvVaw3y8aihulAUqdMcQVD88PC6\">Committee Report, December, 2025<\/a><\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CRCA-UM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/manual\/appendices\/appendix-c-by-laws-of-the-faculty-senate\/\">University Manual Appendix C: By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, Section 4.40<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Committee for Research and Creative Activities<\/strong> (henceforth referred to as the \u201cfull committee\u201d) shall consist of six faculty senators and five non-senator research-active faculty) and students active, experienced, or concerned with various aspects of research, creative, and scholarly efforts at URI. The Vice President for Research and Economic Development (VPRED) shall be an ex officio (non-voting) member of the committee. The FSEC shall appoint six&nbsp;senators, and the VPRED shall appoint five research-active non- senators.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1dZJGIzsjCP6GbEQfRrN58sTdpSxmzZJR\/view?usp=sharing\">#23-24-21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full committee shall serve as the representative voice of the university community in all matters related to research, creative, and scholarly activities. It shall seek to improve the environment for research at URI in all ways possible. The Chair of the full committee shall serve as an ex-officio voting member of the Intellectual Property Committee (See University Manual section 5.30.10). The full committee shall also comprise two subcommittees, the Competitive Grants Subcommittee and the Center Review Subcommittee. Each subcommittee shall comprise three faculty members serving on the full committee and three or more additional Senators appointed on a staggered basis. The chairs of the subcommittees shall be appointed from the members of the full committee. The full committee shall meet at least once a month and present reports to the Faculty Senate in December and April and more often as needed. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/Bill_17-18-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">#17-18-18,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18p9Kzfm77FV-u5jmpDwmGjiBnGgTRtr5\/view?usp=sharing\">#21-22-37<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1encZDXelyN9SSj_GeXxRadphrJ0kCf1z\/view?usp=sharing\">#23-24-21<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Committee for Research and Creative Activities (CRCA) Membership Reports University Manual Appendix C: By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, Section 4.40 The Committee for Research and Creative Activities (henceforth referred to as the \u201cfull committee\u201d) shall consist of six faculty senators and five non-senator research-active faculty) and students active, experienced, or concerned with various aspects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4954,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458\/revisions\/1466"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}