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630 West 168th St
Black Building 1-126-E
New York, NY 10032
Ph: (212) 305-5390
Fax: (212) 305-5208


 

Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA)

For Department Administrators

  Faculty Housing Assistance
  Please click here to view Dean Goldman's memo on the Faculty Housing Assistance Program.
   
  DA Manual
  Click here to view the Department Administrator Manual
   
  Useful Forms
 


Guide to Faculty Searches
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COAP Guidelines

Overview of RAPS

Search Request (Pre-Approval) Form

Search Committee User Guide

Sample Offer Letters:

Hospital Appointment

Non-Hospital Appointment


Appointments & Promotions
COAP Checklists for:

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of CUMC

Executive VP of Health and Biomedical Sciences



   
 


Guide to Faculty Termination:


Procedure guidelines:

Officers of Instruction

Officers of Research


Sample Letters of
Non-Renewal (LONs):


Letter of Non-Renewal

LON due to lapse of funding


   
 


For PostDoctoral Fellows:

PostDoctoral Fellow Training Certificate Request Form


 

 

   

The Office of Faculty Affairs is the administrative arm of Academic Affairs. It handles all process-oriented issues for the faculty, researchers, post-docs, and student officers. It's responsible for ensuring compliance with University Statutes and with state and federal law.

This website provides links, forms, and letters to aid Department Administrators in various faculty processes.

 
Recruitment & Appointments

Recruitment of academic personnel is now handled through RAPS. See below and in the right-hand side menu for RAPS forms and guidelines:

RAPS:

- Faculty Search Request (Pre-Approval) Form
- Requirements for Recruitment
- RAPS Login Info
- RAPS Login page
- Search Committee User Guide
- Guide to CV writing

View the CUMC Affirmative Action Policy

Please also see the COAP checklists and Sample Offer Letters in the right hand menu.

Click here to view information on Joint and Interdisciplinary Appointments.

Reciprocal Appointments with Weill-Cornell Medical Center:

The Columbia University Medical Center supports the collaboration between departments at Columbia and those at Weill-Cornell.  In order that faculty may care for patients, provide instruction or collaborate on research activities at the other institution, the faculty member must receive a 'reciprocal' appointment. 

Click here for the procedure for securing this appointment.

Reciprocal Request and Release Form


Guidelines for Short-term Visitors in Research-Related Activities

Please click here to view the letter sent on behalf of Naomi Scharg, Associate Vice President for Research and Compliance and Training.

 

Tenure & Promotion
Please see the right hand menu to view the COAP checklists and Sample Offer Letter

 

Leaves of Absences

 

Termination
Please see the Guide to Faculty Termination to the right and view the procedure guidelines and sample letters of non-renewal.



Officer of Research Salary Guidelines 2009-2010

   

Salary guidelines for Officer of Research (OOR) appointments for 2009-10 are detailed below.  The CUMC OOR salaries are to be used as a guide in setting 09_10 salaries.  The tables, which include salaries for both Morningside and CUMC, show salary differences by rank for the two campuses.  The University is committed to reconciling these differences over a 3 year period so that that there is uniform salary support for OOR appointments on both campuses.  The salaries in the table below are suggested as the FY10 step in this direction.

CUMC guidelines for 2009-10 OOR salaries:

  Minimum
Staff Officers  
Staff Associate $41,649
Senior Staff Associate $52,551
   
Professional Officers of Research  
Post Doctoral Research Scientist/Scholar $39,005
Associate Research Scientist/Scholar $45,835
Research Scientist/Scholar $62,400
Senior Research Scientist/Scholar $69,360
   
   

Morningside guidelines for 2009-10 OOR salaries:

  Minimum
Staff Officers  
Staff Associate $41,649
Senior Staff Associate $52,551
   
Professional Officers of Research  
Post Doctoral Research Scientist/Scholar $38,899
Associate Research Scientist/Scholar $47,498
Research Scientist/Scholar $64,350
Senior Research Scientist/Scholar $70,498
   
   

 

 

  

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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