XIX.A.6   Research Sponsorship and Appointments

Several important considerations determine whether the University will sponsor, totally or in part, retired faculty members' applications for grants or contracts, and whether it will authorize research appointments for retired faculty members on the grants or contracts of non-retired members of the faculty. In making its decision the University must take into account the contribution of the proposed research to the University community, its demand upon physical facilities, and its direct and indirect effects upon other research and training programs of the department and the University. The same considerations govern decisions to authorize retired members of the faculty to work with postdoctoral appointees and, if so, in what numbers.

Members of the faculty may apply for research support that extends beyond retirement, and emeritus faculty may apply for research support, provided that the Provost or the appropriate professional school dean is willing to commit the necessary space and facilities for the period of the grant. In the case of faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in the School of Medicine, this will be done only on the recommendation of the department chair.

If the department or school faculty so votes, and if the appointment is approved by the Corporation, the emeritus faculty member may be given the additional title of senior research scientist/scholar, to be held during the period of grant or contract support. In the case of emeritus faculty in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the department's recommendation should be forwarded to the dean for approval. The same procedures will apply in the case of emeritus faculty who seek appointment as senior research scientists/scholars on the grants or contracts of non-retired members of the faculty.

An emeritus faculty member who is appointed as senior research scientist/scholar under the above conditions may be paid salary from the grant or contract for any fraction of his or her time, up to 100%. The salary will be set by the Provost or dean, except that in no case may it exceed any cap imposed by the granting or contracting agency.

During the period that an emeritus faculty member is being paid from a grant, he or she will be entitled to all fringe benefits normally accorded to senior research scientists/scholars, as long as these benefits are entirely chargeable to the grant. Fringe benefits are accorded only to employees who are paid for half time or more.

Several important considerations determine whether the University will sponsor, totally or in part, retired faculty members' applications for grants or contracts, and whether it will authorize research appointments for retired faculty members on the grants or contracts of non-retired members of the faculty. In making its decision the University must take into account the contribution of the proposed research to the University community, its demand upon physical facilities, and its direct and indirect effects upon other research and training programs of the department and the University. The same considerations govern decisions to authorize retired members of the faculty to work with postdoctoral appointees and, if so, in what numbers.

Members of the faculty may apply for research support that extends beyond retirement, and emeritus faculty may apply for research support, provided that the Provost or the appropriate professional school dean is willing to commit the necessary space and facilities for the period of the grant. In the case of faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in the School of Medicine, this will be done only on the recommendation of the department chair.

If the department or school faculty so votes, and if the appointment is approved by the Corporation, the emeritus faculty member may be given the additional title of senior research scientist/scholar, to be held during the period of grant or contract support. In the case of emeritus faculty in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the department's recommendation should be forwarded to the dean for approval. The same procedures will apply in the case of emeritus faculty who seek appointment as senior research scientists/scholars on the grants or contracts of non-retired members of the faculty.

An emeritus faculty member who is appointed as senior research scientist/scholar under the above conditions may be paid salary from the grant or contract for any fraction of his or her time, up to 100%. The salary will be set by the Provost or dean, except that in no case may it exceed any cap imposed by the granting or contracting agency.

During the period that an emeritus faculty member is being paid from a grant, he or she will be entitled to all fringe benefits normally accorded to senior research scientists/scholars, as long as these benefits are entirely chargeable to the grant. Fringe benefits are accorded only to employees who are paid for half time or more.