When Visiting Fellows are asked to undertake specific teaching or research responsibilities, formal supplemental appointments to the Faculty or to the Professional Research Staff must be recommended to the Office of the Dean of the Faculty for review. Visiting Research Fellow Appointment to the rank of Visiting Research Fellow normally is appropriate for recent recipients of the doctoral degree who have minimal research training and teaching experience and who come to the University for the purpose of continuing their professional training under the direct supervision of members of our faculty. They are, therefore, not expected to have formal affiliations with other academic institutions. Visiting Research Fellows ordinarily receive stipends from private or public agencies. Although the University may be given the responsibility of administering the disbursement of stipends and although they carry out their research and training programs in University facilities, using resources allocated by the sponsoring department, they will not be considered University employees.
Appointments are normally for one full year and renewed annually for the life of the fellowship.
Longer appointments should be discussed with the Office of the Dean of the Faculty. Since Visiting Research Fellows ordinarily have no other institutional affiliation, the University provides for them, after receipt of an institutional allowance, life insurance in an amount equal to one and one-half times of their stipend and basic coverage under the health care plan. It is assumed that the same courtesy is extended to the members of our faculty who visit other institutions. An institutional allowance, therefore, is not required as a condition for appointment. However, should the Visiting Fellow hold a fellowship that does provide an institutional allowance, the University will request it from the sponsor.