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Research Associate

Job Group: Post Degree Training
Job Subgroup: Post Degree Training
Salary Range (Annual): 55: Contact your division
Employee Category: Employees-in-Training
Job Code: PD012
  • Job Summary:
    A research associate is an individual who is continuing training after receipt of the doctorate. The appointing unit must verify that all requirements for the doctorate (possibly M.D., D.V.M., or J.D.) have been satisfactorily completed before the first day of any appointment using this title. For example, the successful completion of an oral defense of a Ph.D. is not sufficient. The actual filing of the final thesis is required prior to the beginning date of the appointment. A research associate is usually funded from a principal investigator's grant funds and other sources rather than from fellowship funds awarded an individual in national competition. A research associateship is normally for a two- or three-year term, up to a maximum of five years, and is normally given to an individual who is within five years of having received the doctorate. Department level approval is required up to three years. Over three years, up to a maximum of five years, requires annual approval by the Dean's office prior to each year extension and must include a statement by the department to the Dean indicating that training is continuing. Payments made to research associates are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Employees-in-Training
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    55: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    PD012: Research Associate

Research Associate Professor

Job Group: Research
Job Subgroup: Research
Salary Range (Annual): 79: $72,220 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Academic Staff
Job Code: RE113
  • Job Summary:
    Please note: The process for placement into the Teaching Professor and Research Professor titles is to be determined. Serves as a subject matter expert and primary investigator engaged in fundamental and/or applied scientific research within a specialized and designated field of study to expand principles and further the overall direction of the discipline. Each department must define the specific substantive criteria for level advancement, however, differences between successively higher title levels must reflect demonstrable differences in experience and knowledge gained, applied to the specific duties of the function.
  • Job Responsibilities:
    • Secures intramural and extramural funding through grants to establish financial independence for research program(s)
    • Formulates and directs research program scientific and technical processes and policies and procedures to ensure compliance with established financial, ethical, and administrative requirements and standards
    • Develops and publishes research content in peer-reviewed publications, presents materials at conferences, participates as an editor for publications, and/or participates in committees
    • Supervises the day-to-day operational activities of research program staff
  • Education:
    PhD or other terminal degree, or a degree at least one level above the level of instruction, or otherwise approved as qualified by the Dean Required
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Academic Staff
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    79: $72,220 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    RE113: Research Associate Professor

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