Research Professor is appropriate for persons who are engaged primarily in research activities and have qualifications similar to those held by tenure-track faculty. Research faculty generally have extramural funding in which they are the principal investigator or for which their contribution is crucial to the funding. They may occasionally teach or serve as members of thesis or dissertation committees. Appointments are temporary in nature, and therefore, research faculty are not eligible to vote in the general faculty. Such appointments are renewable annually and are non-probationary. In the event that a person with a research title is appointed to a faculty rank that can lead to tenure, the time served with a research title shall not count toward tenure.

Hire through UNMJobs, view checklists below.

Hiring Proposal: 20 business days prior to start date.

Departments must initiate a non-competitive action to hire a Research Professor through UNMJobs.

• Regular Faculty Checklist - Non-Competitive - Creating a New Position
• Regular Faculty Checklist - Non-Competitive - Modifying an Existing Position
• Hiring Proposal Checklist - Non-Competitive for Single Hire or Last of Multiple Hires
• Hiring Proposal Checklist - Non-Competitive for Multiple Hires

• Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action
• Responsibility and Accountability for University Information and Transactions
• Faculty Handbook - Section 2: Faculty Ranks and Titles
• Faculty Handbook - Section 3: Faculty Appointments and Contracts
• Faculty Hiring Guidelines – Section III: Alternative Faculty Appointment Procedures
• Faculty Search Committee Handbook

Forms Required to Complete Hire:

• Justification for non-competitive hire
• Signed Offer Letter
• UNMJobs hiring proposal with final approvals

Forms Required to Have Employee Set Up in Banner for Payroll:

• Signed Faculty Contract
• Employee Demographic Form
• I-9 Form

For additional questions and information, please contact the Office of Equal Opportunity at 277-5251 or the appropriate Faculty Contract Office: Main and Branch Campuses FCSO: 277-4528 or Health Science Center FCO: 272-4231.