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Annual Titles and Appointment Procedures
Annual Titles and Descriptions
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 degree...
Annual Appointment Dates
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 1/1/2007-5/31/2007....
Length of Annual Appointments
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 laboratory...
Documentation Needed for Annual Appointments
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 from...
Salary and Extra Compensation
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...
Time Needed to Process Appointments
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 to...
International Appointments
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 already...
Terminating Annual Appointments Prior to End Date
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 (postdocs)...