{"id":108,"date":"2014-08-03T19:34:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T19:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/rs\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:30:49","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/research-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1768575020927{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffeead !important;}”]Research Scientist Promotion Guidelines Workshop (via Zoom)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, January 22, 2026 | 9:00 am<\/p>\n

More information and registration link can be found here.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The Research Scientist faculty track at UGA includes the ranks of Assistant Research Scientist, Associate Research Scientist and Senior Research Scientist. <\/strong>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. Research Scientists exhibit a degree of independence beyond that of other research staff and students.<\/p>\n

Appointment of Research Scientists<\/h2>\n

The Office of Research works with the Office of Faculty Affairs to administer the guidelines for the appointments and promotions of Research Scientists.<\/a><\/p>\n

The procedures to appoint a research scientist follow the regular faculty appointment process<\/a> managed by the Office of Faculty Affairs<\/strong> with the following exceptions:<\/p>\n

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  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\u2019 non-tenure track faculty offer letter template.\u00a0 (Important<\/strong><\/span> – Use the Office of Faculty Affairs’ template of alternate paragraphs for a Research Scientist appointment<\/a> in conjunction with the<\/strong><\/em> Office of Faculty Affairs’ faculty offer letter template<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  2. The faculty vote that was taken on the appointment of the candidate should be included in the hiring proposal in UGAJobs.\u00a0 # Yes\/# No\/# Abstain<\/li>\n
  3. In the UGAJobs system, Human Resources will route the hiring proposal for the successful candidate through the Office of Research for review and approval.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Promotion of Research Scientists<\/h2>\n