ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DIVISION Cont’d. University of Technology, Jamaica 18 Research Development Fund (RDF) During the reporting period the Research Development Fund (RDF) provided internal funding for various research and related activities. Managed by the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, the RDF provides support for all areas of research undertaken by UTech, Jamaica staff members. These supported areas included research projects, publication fee, research capacity building and conference support totalling $13,656,935in 2019. Research Incentive To further promote and increase the University’s research output, a research incentive of US$250 was introduced for each research paper published in a peer-reviewed journal by staff members. For the reporting period, 30 applications for the research incentive were received and approved, bringing the overall total from its inception in 2017 to 83, and representing payment of $US11,938.00. Staff Publication Staff publication output - comprising books/book chapters, peer-reviewed journal papers, and conference presentations – for the period 2007-2019 is shown in the figure below: Journal of Arts Science and Technology (JAST) In March 2020, Volume 13 Number 1 of the University’s flagship, peer-reviewed Journal of Arts Science and Technology (JAST) was published in print and online on EBSCOhost, and the University’s website. In order to enhance circulation of the Journal, individual papers were downloaded from EBSCOhost and sent to the author(s) as an electronic ‘offprint’ as well as targeted circulation of relevant papers to over 70 local agencies/institutions. The Journal also published a special issue of selected past conference papers on behalf of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA). The Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators is the region’s premier professional development and networking organization for administrators in HEIs. 12 23 27 68 59 129 115 160 59 69 160 162 187 0 50 100 150 200 2007' 2008' 2009' 2010' 2011' 2012' 2013' 2014' 2015' 2016' 2017' 2018' 2019' NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS YEAR Figure 1: Total number of Publications produced each year by the University (2007-2019)
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