12-Month Visiting Term Limit

The total time spent in the 094 Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow job code may not exceed 12 months. Additionally, the initial appointment for a 094 Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow may not exceed 12 months. The term limit includes dual appointments where the Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow appointment does not represent 100% of the effort/funding.

Departments that wish to keep a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow longer than 12 months must convert the individual to the 093 Postdoctoral Associate position or another appropriate position that is paid directly from the University of Rochester. Conversion to the 093 Postdoctoral Associate position provides postdocs with the full range of benefits associated with the 093 Postdoctoral Associate position.

An exception may be permitted for funds a postdoctoral appointee receives from competitive external grants or fellowships that are awarded directly to the postdoctoral appointee from agencies with which the postdoctoral appointee is not otherwise affiliated (e.g. as an employee). Official documentation of the award from the funding agency is required.

Other exceptions to the 12-month term limit for Visiting Postdoctoral Fellows are not permitted.

Note: this policy is not intended to prevent collaborating University of Rochester schools from offering visiting postdoctoral appointments to postdocs who are appointed at 100% effort as a 093 Postdoctoral Associate  or 095 Postdoctoral Fellow  position in another University of Rochester school.