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The ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientist faculty track at UGA includes the ranks of Assistant ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientist, Associate ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientist and Senior ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientist. All of these positions are nontenurable faculty positions within units, involved in some aspect of research, research-related instruction, research service and/or research administration. ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientists exhibit a degree of independence beyond that of other research staff and students.

Appointment of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientists

The Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø works with the Office of Faculty Affairs to administer the

The procedures to appoint a research scientist follow the regular managed by the Office of Faculty Affairs with the following exceptions:

1. Include the Statement of Roles and Responsibilities and Unit Definition of Privileges in the offer letter in addition to the information required in the Office of Faculty Affairs’ non-tenure track faculty offer letter template.Ìý (Important – Use the Office of Faculty Affairs’ in conjunction with the .)
2. The faculty vote that was taken on the appointment of the candidate should be included in the hiring proposal in UGAJobs.Ìý # Yes/# No/# Abstain
3. In the UGAJobs system, Human Resources will route the hiring proposal for the successful candidate through the Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø for review and approval.

Promotion of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientists

• Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø conducts an annual review of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Scientist promotion requests from campus units.
• Generally, in a given year, promotion-related activities should occur within a time frame appropriate for faculty on academic-year schedules to complete the process and for the Office of Faculty Affairs/Provost and President to receive the promotion recommendations from Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø by a date in January (determined annually by the Office of Faculty Affairs). This normally dictates a deadline for promotion recommendations to reach Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø on a date in the preceding November.
• Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø sends an announcement each year stating the exact deadline date and any specific instructions. General promotion instructions can be found in the
• Announcement of deadline for research scientist promotion dossiers to reach the Office of ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø for the 2025-2026 promotion review cycle:ÌýPosted here on ×î´ó×ÊÔ´²É¼¯Íø Insights.