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Research faculty make important contributions to education and health research. The College of Education is actively seeking to hire research faculty whose primary responsibilities center on research, including submitting grants and disseminating research in publications and presentations. The purpose of this initiative is to provide seed funding to College of Education Centers/Organized Research Units (ORUs) to hire Research Professors research faculty who are productive, funded scholars. Faculty interested in recruiting a Research Professor new research faculty should do so through a research center in discussion with an academic department.
Research Professors are funded by the grants they and/or their colleagues generate. The College of Education will provide support to centers to launch national searches that will result in the hiring of research professors who have established or show potential for establishing a strong record of extramural funding. For this initiative, supported searches will be hiring at the Associate or Full full Research Professor rank. Successful applicants will sign a three-year Fixed Term contract, with renewal contingent on upon performance and availability of funding.
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Up to $4,000 for recruitment costs (e.g., advertise position, fund candidate interview travel, etc.).
$40,000 in one-time start-up funds, with a 3-year expiration date.
Up to .40 FTE for the researcher’s salary in Year 1; between .10 and .60 FTE is expected to be covered by the research center applicant and/or new/transferred grants led by the researcher.
Up to .30 FTE for the researcher’s salary in Year 2; between .20 and .70 FTE is expected to be covered by the research center applicant and/or the new/transferred grants led by the researcher.
Any salary not covered by funding described above will be funded by the research center.
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Application and review process
Center directors interested in applying to this initiative should discuss their proposal with the chair of the department. If the chair supports the application, the center director should submit a brief cover letter to the COE Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (ADRGS). The cover letter should include the following:
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Interfolio posting: academic department - see COE: Interfolio
Recruitment, to include advertising, evaluating and communicating with applicants, campus visit arrangements and vendor payments, etc.: research center
PAR: academic department - see COE: Hiring Research Faculty > Research faculty PARs
See additional information on department vs. center administrative responsibilities associated with research faculty at COE: About Research Faculty > Managing research faculty appointments.
Recruiting process for search committees
Phase 1: Prior to search
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Center directors interested in applying to this initiative should first follow the instructions at Applications and review process.
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If the proposed search is approved by the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (ADRGS), the center director requests a copy of the COE Research Faculty Job Posting Template from their academic department Administrative Manager.
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Center Director drafts a job posting based on the COE template and shares with the ADRGS and Senior Associate Dean for review.
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If the ADRGS and Senior Associate Dean approve, the center director sends the posting to the academic department Administrative Manager. The Administrative Manager submits the posting in Interfolio and assigns appropriate Interfolio roles to search committee members. See COE: Interfolio > Posting a position in Interfolio for instructions.
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Dean's Office Faculty Affairs will receive a notification requesting approval of the Interfolio posting and will forward a copy of the posting to the Senior Associate Dean for approval. If approved by the Senior Associate Dean, Dean's Office Faculty Affairs will approve the posting in Interfolio.
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Administrative Manager submits the job posting and assigns appropriate roles to search committee chair and members in Interfolio.
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Job posting routes to COE Faculty Affairs for review and College-level approval. It then routes to APS for final approval.
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