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- Make sure your Research Affiliate has or creates a UT EID.
- Follow the OPVR’s Nonemployee (Unpaid) Research Affiliates (Visiting Researchers and Scholars) webpage instructions on how to appoint a Research Affiliate.
- If pre-approval from OVPR is required, submit the Nonemployee Research Affiliate Request for new or renewing nonemployee research affiliate appointments. Note: Pre-approval is not required for renewals when the research affiliate is continuing in the same position, and there has been no break in service greater than 6 months.
- UT Sponsor: Faculty member who is sponsoring the visitor.
- UT Organization Host: Department Chair. If the Department Chair is the UT Sponsor, then the Host will be Assoc. Dean Rob Crosnoe.
- Run a Visual Compliance check:
- For access to Visual Compliance see Authorizations
- To run a Visual Compliance check (from VPR):
- Log in and, click on Restricted Party Screening (RPS).
- Enter the name of the person (check spelling against an official document such as a passport).
- Enter the information you have available (address, former university/employer, etc.,) but most importantly the country of citizenship.
- In the Comment section, add the visitor's name/EID, department, and the name of the sponsoring professor. (This is important because Visual Compliance retains these searches and will send you an email if that person (or a person with a similar name) gets added to any of the lists and having that reference is useful.)
- You can search first by using Fuzzy Logic 2.
- If there are no problems, you can proceed.
- If there is a hit, the next step is to search using an Exact Match. Make sure you double check the spelling.
- If you get a positive hit, please forward to David Ivey, University Export Controls Officer.
- Save your search results as a PDF.
- Upon receiving approval from the OVPR for the nonemployee research affiliate position, issue the candidate a Non-Employee University Affiliate offer letter and the Non-Employee Research Affiliate Agreement. The agreement must be signed by the candidate, a representative from the candidate’s home organization, the UT Administrative Host, and the UT Sponsor.
- Request a Background Check for the Research Affiliate prior to initiating the Workday BP.
- Note: Although the OVPR’s detailed Workday instructions are useful, especially with respect to OVPR requirements, do NOT upload a copy of the Research Affiliate’s ID to the Workday BP.
- If pre-approval from OVPR is required, submit the Nonemployee Research Affiliate Request for new or renewing nonemployee research affiliate appointments. Note: Pre-approval is not required for renewals when the research affiliate is continuing in the same position, and there has been no break in service greater than 6 months.
- Use the Contract Contingent Worker BP WIG the Hire WIG to add the Research Affiliate to Workday. You will want to hire into a JM sup org (JM instructions start on p.2 of WIG)
- As mentioned above, privileges are added as Job Classifications – descriptions of the 4 options are included in the Contract Contingent Worker WIG (p.2).
- The following items must be attached to the BP:
- Signed offer letter – Research Titles Offer Letter Templates
- Signed Non-Employee Research Affiliate Agreement
- Visual Compliance Report PDF (see 2.b.iii.)
- Approval email from OVPR
- Please add Comments explaining you are creating a Research Affiliate appointment and mention the sponsoring faculty member.
- If you did Not include this information in the "Assignment Details" section of the BP, then you Must include the following information in the comments as well:
- Visitor's Nationality: (insert nationality)
- Current Affiliation: (insert external organization)
- Research Activities: (insert title of research)
- Background check clear as of (insert date)
- Visual Compliance cleared as of (insert date).
- If you did Not include this information in the "Assignment Details" section of the BP, then you Must include the following information in the comments as well:
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- Procedures for Research Titles
- Office of the Vice President for Research Policies
- HOP 7-1020: Research Titles
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Other Related Links:
- How to Hire a Visiting Scholar/Researcher in Workday
- WIG: Contract Contingent Worker
- Research Titles at a Glance
- VSVR FAQs
- Research Affiliate Benefits
- Visual Compliance
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