Research Innovator Career Track
Description and Requirements
Research is critical to IU’s academic mission and to growing externally funded research to achieve key IU 2030 Strategic Plan Pillar 2 goals.
The IU Research Innovator Career Track supports hiring specialized staff with deep experience from industry, other universities, government, and/or the nonprofit sector in staff positions at market-based, competitive rates. Importantly, the track also provides a career path to retain talent over time. Research Innovators may be engaged in basic (i.e., acquiring new knowledge), applied (i.e., solving problems) and/or development research and creative activities (i.e., improvements and new processes or products, and production of creative works).
To be a Research Innovator, positions must meet the following criteria:
- Almost exclusively externally funded through sponsored grants and contracts;
- Directly engages in research or creative activity, providing significant intellectual contributions, driving innovation and discovery that can be from any area across the entire breadth of research and creative disciplines at IU, and/or providing a highly specialized or technical or creative service that directly supports externally sponsored research; and
- Contributes to the public dissemination of findings and knowledge and creative endeavors.