Roberta-

We use the term "research associate" as a job title for payroll purposes.  The vast majority (all?) of these people are in "post-doctoral" status.  The term "post doc" is often elongated to "postdoctoral fellow" but the latter may suggest that the person has formally received a fellowship.  It is probably a good idea to administratively categorize all post docs (i.e. non-faculty research/academic staff holding doctoral level degrees) in the same way so they get the same benefits and to recognize their common plight.  They can be paid differently according to experience, source of funds, etc.

Charlie

At 09:26 AM 12/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
>We are in the process of drafting a postdoc policy.  We want to describe
>what the term post doc is and what the term research associate is and also
>what the differences are between the two.  If anyone could offer any help
>with this, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Roberta
>
>Roberta C. Nary, CRA
>Director
>Office of Sponsored Programs
>(781) 736-2119
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