The Community of Scholars Plan recognizes that as a community of scholars working at a comprehensive state university, St. Cloud State will:

• Recognize and foster scholarship as central to our mission
• Promote scholarship in service to our community
• Support the unique learning and scholarship environments that foster high-quality graduate education
• Develop a shared understanding of what scholarship, creative achievements, and research mean at our university

The Scholarship, Research and Creative Achievement Committee (SRCA) is charged with the following responsibilities:

• Foster a positive and supportive climate that allows faculty and staff the opportunity to engage in research, scholarship, and creative activity.
• Make funding recommendations for research and scholarly project awards funded by Research and Sponsored Programs.
• Make recommendations related to research, scholarship, and creative activity procedures and policy. Policy development and changes will subsequently follow the University's policy process. 
• Periodically review and update the Community of Scholars work plan.