About SISR

The Office of Scholarly Innovation & Student Research (SISR) empowers FGCU students to excel in research, creative endeavors, and scholarly achievements, to promote student engagement in research and creative work across all disciplines, offering a variety of opportunities such as the WiSER Student Research Assistant Program, Research & Scholarly Designated Courses, Student Research Funds, research workshops, on-campus showcases, and more!

Values

FGCU is part of the long tradition of universities operating as knowledge organizations and centers of discovery and creativity. As part of that tradition, SISR strives to cultivate curiosity, collaborate with community partners for greater connected knowing and sustainability, dedicate ourselves to individual intellectual and creative growth, support inquiry, discovery, and mentorship, uphold integrity, and serve the public good.

Mission

SISR is a cross-campus hub for transformative experiential learning experiences that prepare students for careers and lifelong learning through faculty collaboration and mentorship. Through research and creative endeavors, SISR-supported students gain transferable skills and become problem solvers, thought leaders, and creative innovators who can make connections, engage with complex problems in our region and world in a collaborative spirit.

Vision

Research is a transformative, high-impact experience, instilling lifelong habits of inquiry, curiosity, innovation, critical thinking, collaboration, thought leadership, and growth. SISR’s vision is to use our resources to help students grow as critical thinkers, problem solvers, leaders, helpers, innovators informed by the best disciplinary practices in science, art, business, and letters; to make a positive impact on the world by making art, doing science, and creating knowledge though reading, synthesizing, pattern-spotting, researching, and writing.

SISR Staff