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An Assigned Research Appointment provides for disciplinary and pedagogical research by releasing a faculty member from teaching for one semester. It assumes that the appointee will continue University assignments other than classroom teaching and therefore requires the appointee's presence on campus.

The terms of the program provide for release from teaching, full salary, the continuation of benefits based on full salary, and eligibility for salary increment and promotion.

The program is crucially important for extending the frontiers of knowledge. Specifics of it are outlined below:

5.5.a An application for Assigned Research Appointment - On-Campus is initiated by the faculty member with the department Chair who forwards it to the Dean, Provost, and the President. Final approval must be given by the President. The number of such appointments that can be approved in any given semester will depend in part upon the ability of the department in question and the University to meet all their obligations.

5.5.b A reduced load for Assigned Research shall not normally be deemed to affect the eligibility of an individual member under the University's Faculty Improvement Program.

5.5.c The appointment of a faculty member to Assigned Research ordinarily does not involve additional funding for a department. The application must indicate how the department will cover the load of the faculty member.

5.5.d Members of the instructional staff in a tenured or tenure-eligible position are eligible for Assigned Research. Criteria for successful Assigned Research proposals may include but are not restricted to (a) the significance, originality, and feasibility of the project, (b) the soundness of the methodology proposed, (c) evidence that the proposer has taken into account the relevant existing work, and (d) the record of the proposer's scholarly or creative accomplishment.

5.5.e Persons receiving an appointment for Assigned Research are obligated to remain at Miami during the ensuing academic year and to make a full report of the results of the assignment to the chair, dean, and Provost within 90 days of the completion of the assignment. If an individual chooses not to return to ºÚÁÏÉçÇø during the ensuing academic year, he or she is expected to refund compensation equal to that received for Assigned Research.

5.5.f Anyone on Assigned Research Appointment will devote full time to the specific project and therefore will not be engaged in other activities for which remuneration is awarded (except as permitted when teaching full time and with appropriate approval).

5.5.g Applications for appointment to Assigned Research should be received by the Chair by October 15, in the Office of the Dean by November 1, and in the Office of the Provost by December 1, of the academic year preceding the leave period if one is to receive most favorable consideration.

5.5.h Questions regarding the program policy and guidelines should be addressed to the Office of the Dean and the Office of the Provost.