Office of Faculty Affairs
Annual Titles and Appointment Procedures
The following titles are used for annual appointments:
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
This title is used for individuals whose duties lie in the conduct of research. Research associates must hold a doctoral...
Appointments may begin on any date. However, all appointments must end on 6/30/YR, with the exception of appointments that run less than one year. For example, the appointment may run 1/1/2007-5/31/...
Research fellow appointments
These training appointments are generally limited to three annual appointments (thirty-six months of training). However, research fellows in the biological or laborato...
First Appointments
This appointment is used for a person's first appointment to Harvard University. The following supporting information is required for a first appointment:
Letter fro...
Salaries for First Appointment
In order to maintain equitable minimum salary rates for postdoctoral fellows and other annual appointees, it is generally expected that the NIH salary guidelines ...
The school's policy is that all appointments should be processed in a timely manner, before an appointment start date. In cases when it is not possible to get an appointment package approved prior t...
The Harvard International Office (HIO) must be notified every time a non-U.S. citizen who is not already a permanent resident of the U.S. is granted an academic appointment. Even if the individual a...
Absent extraordinary circumstances, it is generally expected that annual appointees will serve the full term of their appointment. Departments have a special obligation to retain research fellows (p...