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Chart - Intramural Professional Designations and Appointment Mechanisms

Intramural Professional Designation Characteristics Appointment Mechanism Options

Tenured Permanent Independent
(requires
BSC review) General
Schedule
(GS) Comm. Corps
(CC) SES
(SSS) SBRS Title 42
Non-FTE Fellow IPA
Unpaid by NIH

U.S. or
Permanent Resident Visiting
Program
(VP) IRTA ^ Visiting
Fellow Guest
Researcher Special
Volunteer

Senior Investigator
(Tenure)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Possibly" Yes^x

Investigator
(Tenure-Track)
No No Yes (Limited Tour) Rarely Yes Yes^x

Senior Scientist/Senior Clinician
No
By exception

Possibly

By exception

By exception

Yes Yes

Assistant Clinical Investigator
No No Yes
'
(Limited tour)
'

'
Yes Yes
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Staff Scientist/
Staff Clinician
No
By exception
No
By exception

By exception
Yes Yes^x

Research Fellow/
Clinical Fellow
(< 8 years)*
No No No (Limited Tour) Yes Yes Yes for Senior RF/CF Yes for RF, No for CF

Postdoctoral Fellow
(<5 years)
No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Senior Research Assistant
(GS-12 & above)/
Research Assistant
(GS-11 & below)
No Yes No Yes

Adjunct Investigator+
No Possibly,
if in a
non-IRP component Possibly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Student
(High School through Graduate/Medical School)
No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

*

Senior Research Fellow denotes a more senior individual (more than 10 years of postdoctoral experience) and Senior Clinical Fellow a more senior individual (PGY-9 equivalent or higher) in this Intramural Professional Designation.

+

Adjunct Investigator refers to an individual working full or part-time in an intramural setting, whose primary career appointment is elsewhere (e.g., extramural NIH program, medical school or university faculty on sabbatical), often but not always on non-NIH support, and usually more than 8-years postdoctoral (e.g., includes Fogarty Scholars).

^x

A foreign scientist approved by the DIR for designation as Senior Investigator, Investigator, or Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician will be supported for J-1 visa waiver/permanent resident status (green card) if this is necessary.

^

Includes NRSA, NCI Biotech Fellows, etc.

~

For retiring Commissioned Officers and decertified SBRS members.

Updated 2/5/2008

*	Senior Research Fellow denotes a more senior individual (more than 10 years of postdoctoral experience) and Senior Clinical Fellow a more senior individual (PGY-9 equivalent or higher) in this Intramural Professional Designation.
+	Adjunct Investigator refers to an individual working full or part-time in an intramural setting, whose primary career appointment is elsewhere (e.g., extramural NIH program, medical school or university faculty on sabbatical), often but not always on non-NIH support, and usually more than 8-years postdoctoral (e.g., includes Fogarty Scholars).
^x	A foreign scientist approved by the DIR for designation as Senior Investigator, Investigator, or Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician will be supported for J-1 visa waiver/permanent resident status (green card) if this is necessary.
^	Includes NRSA, NCI Biotech Fellows, etc.
~	For retiring Commissioned Officers and decertified SBRS members.