The RTC will oversee committees, existing or developed, that serve as inputs to its overall scope. Active committees established prior to the university-wide IT Governance (ITG) framework who wish to input or integrate into the RTC, require approval by the CIO and Strategic Chairs Committee (CSCC) to be recognized in the ITG framework.

New operational groups, task forces, IT Communities of Practice (ITCoPs), or IT Stakeholder Steering Groups (ITSsGs) may be created by the RTC.

The RTC produces the following outputs, including, but not limited to:

• Review and recommend research technology applications to the CSCC.
• Identify and evaluate university-wide research technology IT policy issues resulting in Standard Administrative Procedures or Executive Policy to the Security and Policies Committee (SPC) for review, prior to submission to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and/or the University Rule Team.
• Identify and evaluate university-wide research data management policy issues resulting in Standard Administrative Procedures or Executive Policy to the SPC for review, prior to submission to the CIO and/or the University Rule Team.
• Identify and evaluate university-wide data science technologies and infrastructure.
• Raise requests for funding university-wide research computing initiatives to the CSCC for review. The CSCC will then execute decision or raise issues to Executive IT Council (EITC) according to the request scope.
• Make recommendations to the CSCC regarding university-wide project and service priorities in research technologies.
• Strategic planning covering technologies needed to support campus research activities. Strategic planning components are raised to the CSCC, and then endorsed by the EITC where appropriate.
• Strategies to assist Principal Investigators (PIs) on existing and planned grant funding to support technology investments or potential technology investments.
• Provide recommendations to the SPC or CSCC on the assurance of cybersecurity compliance as it relates to grant funding (e.g., Federal Acquisition Register, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, NIST 800-171, etc.) to enable the continuation or growth of federally funded grant programs.

The RTC votes and makes decisions within the above charge and scope. The RTC receives the following inputs, including, but not limited to:

• Recommendations and decisions that are out of scope for the following committees:
  • CIO and Strategic Chairs Committee (CSCC)
  • Security and Policies Committee (SPC)
  • Enterprise Services Committee (ESC)
  • Student and Academic Technologies Committee (SATC)
• Any recognized ITG input body.
• Analysis activities and recommendations requested by any ITG body.

Exceptions to RTC decisions will be raised to the CSCC.

Permanent Members (Voting)

• 1 Center and Institute Directors Council Member (By appointment of the Council Executive Committee)
• 1 University Research Council Member (By appointment of the Vice President for Research)
• 1 Associate Dean (By appointment of the Provost)
• 1 Vice President for Research IT Professional (By appointment of the Vice President for Research)
• 3 Faculty Research Member (By appointment of the Vice President for Research)
• 3 Faculty Research Member (By appointment of the Provost)
• 1 High-Performance Computing Representative (By appointment of the Vice President for Research)
• 1 Distinguished Faculty Member (By appointment of the Vice President for IT and CIO)
• 1 Data Science Institute Member (By appointment of the Vice President for IT and CIO)

Ex-Officio Members (Voting)

• Vice President for IT and CIO
• Vice President for Research
• Chief Information Security Officer and Associate Vice President
• Associate Vice President for Enterprise Platforms, Cloud, and Shared Services