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ARRA Related Hiring Process

Extending Visiting Soft-Funded AP
Appointments

In March 2009, U of I Board Chair Niranjan Shah stated university faculty leaders and staff, with
the support of the Board of Trustees and other university leaders, are working to secure additional
research funding through the federal budget and the federal economic stimulus package
enacted by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama.

Shah said, "[i]t is crucial that the faculty receive funding for its research and that we as a board do
all we can to provide the best facilities for research and scholarship."

In support of the research opportunities enabled by the federal economic stimulus package, the
UIC Office for Access and Equity (OAE) is extending the three‐year term limit to five years for
those contract/grant (soft‐funded) visiting positions requiring a five‐year commitment. This
change in policy for contract/grant funding does not apply to state‐funded visiting positions which
remain at a three‐year term limit.

Please feel free to contact OAE at 6‐8670 if you have any questions.

Last updated: Friday, October 16, 2009.