HR Reference | A&P Employees

Administrative & Professional (A&P) Employees

Administrative & Professional (A&P) titles are non-teaching positions, primarily exempt, in various job families.

Please see below for the most common titles found in research labs.

Senior Research Scientist (0701)
- may serve as principal investigator (PI) on research grants/contracts and submit research proposals to outside funding agencies.
- requires documentation of research accomplishments and professional experience equivalent to a full professor, including supervision of research programs/projects as a PI.
Research Scientist (0702)
- may serve as PI on research grants/contracts and submit research proposals to outside funding agencies.
- requires documentation of research accomplishments and professional experience equivalent to an established assistant professor or new associate professor.
- must have an established record as an independent research scientist.
Research Associate (0708)
- may serve as PI on research grants/contracts an submit research proposals to outside funding agencies.
- entry-level research professional position.
- must possess the professional qualifications to conduct independent research and have the potential to become an established researcher.
- should have a Ph.D. or M.D.
- Current minimum annual salary is $56,484.

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Senior Research Fellow (0705) and Research Fellow (0706)
- One-year appointments - eligible for annual renewal - up to a maximum of three years.
- This title can be applied in the following cases:
  - a visiting scientist/engineer permanently based at another institution who plans to return to it after a limited stay at the University
  - an individual from another institution or from industry invited to collaborate on University sponsored activities and who is established professionally in their field
  - other conditions deemed appropriate by the provost or vice president for research
- Current minimum annual salary is $56,484.
- Upon approval by the vice president for research or delegate, individuals assigned to these titles may be considered for PI or Co-PI status on multiple submission basis
Postdoctoral Fellow (0715)
- One-year appointments - eligible for annual renewal - up to a maximum of five years.
- Previous time in a postdoctoral fellow position (whether paid or unpaid) at the University or at any other university counts towards this time limitation
  - (unless the area or discipline changes).
- Ph.D. must have been received within the past three years.
- Current minimum annual salary is $56,484.
- This title is used for the traditional postdoctoral assignment intended to provide a training program of advanced academic preparation and research training under mentorship of a more experienced scientist/scholar.