Dear Colleagues,
We are sharing the new salary ranges for the 2026-27 academic year for full-time officers of research. These ranges, and the guidelines described below, should be used to determine the salaries for the upcoming year for officers of research throughout the University. You will receive separate guidelines for research support staff from Human Resources.
Salary increases for postdoctoral research fellows, postdoctoral research scientists/scholars, and associate research scientists/scholars are contingent upon the terms of the collective bargaining agreement that is currently under negotiation. Pending agreement and ratification, postdocs and associate research scientist/scholars should be reappointed on their anniversary dates, or July 1, respectively, to keep track of their limited appointments.
The average salary increase for the other officers of research must be at least 3% as of July 1, 2026. Individual increases, of course, will depend upon the availability of funding and the performance of the officer.
Whenever possible, officers of research (excluding postdocs) should be reappointed for the academic year (July 1-June 30), and their appointments should not be for less than six months. Reappointments of less than six months require prior approval from our office. Salary increases of more than 5% also require prior approval from our office. Salaries should be reviewed at the time of reappointment and off-cycle increases should be avoided. If an officer's salary is within the approved range and the increase meets the guidelines provided here, you only need to submit the appropriate personnel transaction.
Starting salaries that exceed the review point will require the prior approval of our office for Morningside appointments, and for CUIMC appointments the approval is required from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences. Similarly, we will review salary increases above the review points in those units that exceed our guidelines. In those cases, you should provide a written explanation of the reasons for the salary or salary increase you are requesting. In the Arts and Sciences and Engineering, such requests will require the approval of the Executive Vice President or Dean before they are forwarded to our office.
We appreciate your cooperation in implementing these policies. If you have any questions or concerns about them, on the Morningside campus you should contact Zeid Sitnica, Associate Provost for Academic Appointments, at [email protected]. At CUIMC, please contact Daichi Shimbo, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, at [email protected] or Dionida Ryce, Assistant Vice President for Academic Appointments, at [email protected].
With best wishes,
Angela V. Olinto
Provost Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics
Eugenia Lean
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
