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An Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus permits an individual to spend a semester conducting research in an off campus location when the nature of the research project makes absence from campus necessary. Normally faculty not eligible for a Faculty Improvement Leave will be awarded an Assigned Research Appointment, but in unusual circumstances - when research away from campus is essential - an Assigned Research Appointment- Off Campus will be granted.

The terms of the program provide (from grant and University sources combined) full salary, the continuation of benefits based on full salary, and eligibility for salary increment and promotion.

5.6.a An application for an Assigned Research Appointment - Off-Campus is initiated by the faculty member with the Chair who forwards it to the Dean, Provost, and the President. Final approval must be given by the President.

5.6.b Receipt of an Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus normally will not affect the eligibility of a person for a Faculty Improvement Leave.

5.6.c The application for an Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus must indicate how the department will cover the usual duties of the applicant during the semester of appointment, with the understanding that no additional funding for the department will be provided.

5.6.d Members of the instructional staff in a tenured or tenure-eligible position are eligible for an Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus. Criteria for evaluating applications include, but are not restricted to, the merit of the research project and the record of the proposer's scholarly or creative accomplishment.

5.6.e Persons receiving an Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus 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 Miami during the ensuing year, he or she is expected to refund compensation equal to that received from the University for the Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus.

5.6.f Anyone on an Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus will devote full time to the research project and therefore will not be engaged in other activities for which remuneration is awarded.

5.6.g Applications for an Assigned Research Appointment - Off Campus 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.

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