XV.B.2
Research Scientist/Scholar
This appointment is given to persons who are engaged in scholarly or scientific research as advanced scholars or as senior members of a research group. The term of appointment in this rank may be up to three years, conditional upon the availability of salary support, and is renewable in successive terms of up to three years, conditional upon the availability of salary support. Nominations for the rank of research scientist/scholar are submitted for approval by the department chair to the appropriate appointments committee. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, such appointments are reviewed by the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and in the School of Medicine, by the Term Appointments and Promotions Committee. Procedures in the other professional schools are described in the relevant portions of Sections V-XIV. For research scientists who have served at least three years in that rank, non-reappointment for reasons not relating to the absence of salary support normally requires six months' notice.
A research scientist/scholar must receive a professional development review at intervals of no longer than five years. While the primary goal of such a review is to advise on the professional development of the individual, the possibility of promotion should be considered at this time.
This appointment is given to persons who are engaged in scholarly or scientific research as advanced scholars or as senior members of a research group. The term of appointment in this rank may be up to three years, conditional upon the availability of salary support, and is renewable in successive terms of up to three years, conditional upon the availability of salary support. The incumbent must be reviewed for promotion to senior research scientist/scholar at intervals of no longer than five years. Nominations for the rank of research scientist/scholar are submitted for approval by the department chair to the appropriate appointments committee. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, such appointments are reviewed by the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Steering Committee; and in the School of Medicine, by the Term Appointments and Promotions Committee. Procedures in the other professional schools are described in the relevant portions of Sections V-XIV. For research scientists who have served at least three years in that rank, non-reappointment for reasons not relating to the absence of salary support normally requires six -monthmonths' s notice.notice.
A research scientist/scholar must receive a professional development review at intervals of no longer than five years. While the primary goal of such a review is to advise on the professional development of the individual, the possibility of promotion should be considered at this time.
