Search for Vice President for Research
About the Search
Colorado State University seeks a dynamic leader and scholar to serve as its next Vice President for Research. CSU is a research powerhouse, consistently ranked among the top performing research universities in the nation with faculty research productivity also highly ranked among top public research universities. The Vice President for Research will lead a robust research enterprise that has increased by 46% in the past decade, climbing year-after-year to hit a record $456.9 million in 2022. This position serves on the President’s Cabinet and Executive Leadership Team and reports directly to the Provost and Executive Vice President. The VPR works in partnership with the president, provost, deans, other vice presidents and the campus community to advance the University’s reputation as an internationally recognized institution with the highest Carnegie ranking. CSU is dedicated to the values of access and inclusive excellence, and the intellectual development of future leaders for a diverse global community.
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Vice President for Research
Thank you to the campus community for your participation in the three finalist interviews held recently for the position of Vice President for Research and for your input through the feedback forms. The search committee is now meeting to summarize feedback from the search process and will prepare a report for the president and executive vice president.
Search Timeline
April 7 – Committee Received Charge
June 16 – Job Posted
July 24 – Application Deadline (Full Consideration)
Late August – Semifinalist Interviews
Early September – Committee Meets to Select Finalists
Mid-September/Beginning of October – Finalist Interviews
Search Committee
Search Chair: Dean James Pritchett
Search Support: Shannon Wagner
Equal Opportunity Coordinator: Brigid Hinterberger – oeo@colostate.edu
Committee Members
- James Pritchett Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Todd Bandhauer Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Jim Bradeen Associate Vice President for Spur Strategy
- Michael Carolan Co-Director of the Food Systems Institute for Research, Engagement and Learning and Department Chair (Interim), Sociology
- Nicole Ehrhart Director, Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging
- Karen Estlund Dean, CSU Libraries
- Matt Hickey Professor, Health and Exercise Science; Director of Human Performance Clinical Research Lab; University Distinguished Teaching Scholar
- Pam Jackson Associate Vice Provost for Communications
- Bridgette Johnson Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
- Richard Magid Vice President, Technology Transfer, CSU STRATA
- Jennifer Peel Professor, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
- Ravi Ravishankara University Distinguished Professor, Atmospheric Sciences and Chemistry
- Courtney Schultz Professor, Forest and Natural Resource Policy
- Matthew Shores Professor and Chair, Chemistry
- Meg Suter Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and Operations
- Colleen Webb Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs, Dean, Graduate School
Committee received charge on Friday, April 7, 2023.
About Colorado State University
Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. CSU is committed to inclusive excellence and to upholding our Principles of Community. In the last decade, CSU has produced record enrollment, built on all-time highs in student diversity and student success; record fundraising far outpacing ambitious goals; groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty; a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign; and, perhaps most important, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates say they would choose CSU again and rate their education as excellent. We also are extremely proud that CSU has been recognized repeatedly as being among the most sustainable higher education institutions in the world. In 2023 we earned our fourth consecutive Platinum rating in the Sustainability, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) and we were the first university to earn four and the first-ever institution to receive a Platinum rating. To learn more, visit about.colostate.edu.
187
total majors (highest in the Mountain West)
5,000+
students participate in undergraduate
research opportunities every year
3.7
average GPA for incoming 2022-23 class
98%
increase in institutionally funded
financial aid during the past 10 years.
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$456.9M+
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