National Taiwan University Guidelines on
Employment of Contracted Research Associates
Approved at the 2579th Administrative Council Meeting on June 16th, 2009
Revision approved at the 2704th Administrative Council Meeting on February 14th, 2012
I.In order to assist implementation of research work at colleges, research centers and research projects, National Taiwan University (hereinafter referred to as the “University”) has established the National Taiwan University Guidelines on Employment of Contracted Research Associates (hereinafter referred to as the “Guidelines”) for the employment of contracted research associates.
II.The Contracted Research Associate referred to in the Guidelines means a research technical person who is employed through a contract under the budget of a research project (including the Aim for the Top University Project) and will engage in operating and maintaining precious instruments or operating in specific techniques at colleges, research centers and research projects (hereinafter referred to as the “Units”).
III.The Contracted Research Associate of the University at all levels shall meet one of the following qualifications:
- Assistant Specialist
(1)Has a bachelor degree or its equivalent diploma with outstanding records
(2)Graduated from a vocational school and has engaged in research work and professional job or dutywhich is related to school studies for more than four years. The person shall have excellent records and has written specialized technical report that is equivalent to the to-be-served duty.
- Associate Specialist
(1)Has a master degree or its equivalent diploma with outstanding records.
(2)Has a bachelor degree or its equivalent diploma with outstanding records and has engaged in research work, professional job or duty which is related to school studies for more than eight years. The person shall have excellent records and has written specialized technical report that is equivalent to the to-be-served duty.
(3)Has served as an Assistant Specialist for more than eight years with excellent records and has written specialized technical report that is equivalent to the to-be-served duty.
- Specialist
(1)Has a master degree or its equivalent diploma with outstanding records and has engaged in research work and professional job or duty which is related to school studies for more than ten years. The person shall have excellent records and has written specialized technical report that is equivalent to to-be-served duty.
(2)Has served as an Associate Specialist for more than ten years with excellent records and has written specialized technical report that is equivalent to the to-be-served duty.
- Senior Specialist
(1)Has a doctoral degree or its equivalent diploma with outstanding records.
(2)Has served as a Specialist for more than ten years with excellent records and has written specialized technical report that is equivalent to the to-be-served duty.
IV.Research associates should be selected in an open audition (public announcement for at least three days). After all candidates are reviewed by an ad hoc group of the hiring college (center), all selected candidates shall be submitted to the Review Team of the University for final evaluation. The selected candidates shall be employed only if they are approved by the President of the University. The employed research associates should report to the Office of Research and Development (hereinafter referred to as “Office of R&D”) on the date of reporting for duty to complete registration procedures and contract signing.
V.The term of contract for a research associate shall be in line with the implementation of the research project and shall be one year. After the one-year term expires, if renewal of the contract is approved by the hiring department, the research associate should submit job evaluation report to the Office of R&D for evaluation. If renewal of contract is granted, the research associate may have the chance to get a promotion.
During the term of the contract, the research associate shall comply with all regulations established by the University.
The contract may have an early termination due to reduction of funding, termination or other major factors of the research project of the University.
In the event that the research associate leaves office prior to the expiry of the contract, the research associate shall submit application for separation and complete all separation procedures before leaving office.
VI.The remuneration of research associate is paid by month. Less than one-month service shall be paid based on number of days of service. Daily amount of remuneration shall be calculated by taking monthly amount divided by number of days of the month.
The salary point range of research associate is established in accordance with regulations of the Salary Scale (see enclosure) of Research Associates.
If research associates have special skills of maintaining and repairing precious instruments or assembling and designing instruments, relevant documents must be submitted for verification; or proof of services and wages of public and private institutions for previous works that are related to the to-be-hired job with equivalent level of duty and outstanding services should be submitted to the Office of R&D for verification. After these supporting documents are transferred to Review Team for evaluation and submitted to the President of the University for approval, special additional pay may be granted. In principle, the highest special additional pay shall be NT$20,000 for Senior Specialist and Specialist, NT$15,000 for Associate Specialist and NT$10,000 for Assistant Specialist. However, the aforesaid restrictions shall not apply for specialists of rare sciences or specialists who are not easy to be recruited. Their special additional pay shall be reviewed by Review Team of the University and shall require approval from the President of the University. The aforesaid special additional pay shall be managed by the Units themselves, including derivatives of year-end bonus, labor and health insurance premiums and severance pays. If the aforesaid additional pays affect incomes of management fees, the situation shall be explicitly stated and complemented. If regulations regarding remuneration of project commissioning (subsidy) institute are stipulated otherwise, the regulations shall be followed. If the research associate is not to serve concurrently other duties as stated in the contract, then funding source of special additional pay shall not come from the budge of other ongoing project or work.
VII.Research Associate who meets the qualifications as stated in Article III of the Guidelines may propose request for promotion. Service Unit of the applicant may form aPromotion Review Committee to engage in preliminary examination of the application and then submit the outcome to Review Team of the University for evaluation.
VIII.Matters not provided for in the Guidelines shall be implemented in accordance with provisions of the “NTU Contracted Working Personnel Management Guidelines” and “NTU Contracted Working Personnel Service Regulations” and relevant laws and regulations.
IX.The Guidelines are approved by the Administrative Council and shall take effect on the date of promulgation.