Common use of Assessment of Research Clause in Contracts

Assessment of Research. Each year commencing July 1, the School Xxxx and the Xxxx of Research and Graduate Studies, in consultation with the Vice-President, Academic and Xxxxxxx, will consider the research record of each tenured faculty member and identify those Members who, given the stage of their career, are or are not active researchers. They will review the research output focusing on the last two years using the Faculty Member’s CV, prepared in Senate-approved format, and the Teaching Assignment and Professional Activities Report in making this determination. They will use the provisions of Article 31, Research and Article 33, Faculty Probation, Promotion and Tenure, as guidelines in conducting this assessment. The decision of the School Xxxx will be communicated to the Vice-President, Academic and Xxxxxxx and the member including the rationale for this recommendation by August 31. For the purpose of this exercise (i.e. the assessment of research), all tenured members will be considered unless the Member has opted to be excluded. 18.6.1.1 A Member who chooses not to submit his/her CV (in the Senate-approved format) will be assumed to be a non-researching faculty member and will be assigned a workload of teaching and service under 18.6.1.3 (b) below. 18.6.1.2 A Member may request that he/she be classified under 27.2.2.1. Such requests will not unreasonably be denied. Such requests shall be submitted to the School Xxxx, copied to the Department Chair no later than June 30. For those on Schedule B, this will continue to be in effect until such time as the Member requests in writing to the School Xxxx to be reconsidered. 18.6.1.3 The decision of the School Xxxx will be forwarded to the Member and the Vice- President, Academic and Xxxxxxx. The decision will include one of the following: (a) That the Member is currently an active researcher, given the stage of his/her career (for a period of one year). (b) That the Member is not currently an active researcher, given the stage of his/her career (for the period on one year). The member will be encouraged to engage in appropriate research activities. The Member will have 30 calendar days to appeal the findings. Such appeal will be submitted to the School Xxxx copied to the Xxxx of Research and Graduate Studies and the Vice-President, Academic and Xxxxxxx. The Deans shall review and provide input to the Vice-President, Academic and Xxxxxxx based on the additional material and/or information received. The final decision by the Vice-President, Academic and Xxxxxxx will be forwarded to the Member copied to the Deans and the Department Chair no later than October 31.