Hiring Research Faculty
- Karla Steffen
This page describes the process for hiring 12-month professional-track research faculty only. See also EVPP: Hiring Research Faculty. For guidance on hiring 9-month professional-track faculty, go to COE: Hiring Professional Track Faculty.
The key distinction between research faculty and research staff positions is evidence of engagement with the academic enterprise through teaching, mentorship, or supervision of students at some level. Because research faculty positions come with this expectation of academic service that lies beyond the scope of sponsored projects, UT requires that faculty positions are funded no more than 95% from sponsored projects (26-accounts), and that at least 5% must be funded by a non-26, less restricted source in order to account for the expected academic service. For 12-month research faculty only, IDC is an acceptable funding source for that 5%.
Research faculty must be 100% FTE unless an exception is granted by the Dean, APS, and VPR, which requires submission of justification for the reduced appointment.
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For information about the College’s initiative to hire research faculty, see COE Research Faculty Initiative.
For general information about research faculty, see COE: About Research Faculty.
For College policies related to faculty research, see COE: Research-Related Policies.
Please send suggested additions to this page and notifications about broken links to COE-FacultyAffairs@austin.utexas.edu.