99年6月23日98學年度第5次校務會議修正通過
101年12月26日101學年度第2次校務會議修正通過
103年4月9日102學年度第4次校務會議修正通過
111年4月20日110學年度第4次校務會議修正通過
Amended and approved on June 23, 2010 in the 5th University Affairs Committee Meeting of the 2009 academic year.
Amended and approved on December 26, 2012 in the 2nd University Affairs Committee Meeting of the 2012 academic year.
Amended and approved on April 9, 2014 in the 4th University Affairs Committee Meeting of the 2013 academic year.
Amended and approved in the 4th University Affairs Committee Meeting of the 2021 academic year on April 20, 2022.

一、本聘約所稱研究人員為從事研究及相關工作之本校編制內專任人員。

二、研究人員資格審定、聘任、升等有關事項由本校教師評審委員會辦理，聘任、升等程序依照本校教師聘任及升等辦法規定辦理。

三、新聘研究員及副研究員於初續聘滿四年之半年前，應經系（所、中心）、院、校教師評審委員會審議是否續聘，若不通過則自第五年起不予續聘。

新聘助理研究員於到職六年內未能升等者，自第七年起不予續聘。但因懷孕生產、養育三足歲以下子女或其他特殊情況等情事，經教師評審委員會同意者，自第七年起得續聘二年，如二年內仍未能升等者，則不予續聘。

前項但書續聘期間如仍有懷孕生產、養育三足歲以下子女，且足以影響其學術表現者，得於續聘期限屆滿之半年前，經教師評審委員會同意延長續聘二年。

新聘研究助理原則比照辦理。

四、研究人員應比照教師依本校教師評量要點規定接受評量。

五、研究人員差假及出國：比照本校編制內專任教師辦理。

六、研究人員除依計畫從事研究工作外，須執行所屬單位指定之相關工作，並得經所屬單位同意兼任有關工作。如經系（所、中心）、院、校教師評審委員會審議通過符合教師資格者，得支援相關科目之教學，授課時數每週以不超過四小時為限，並得比照兼任老師支領鐘點費。

七、研究人員在校外兼課、兼職應依本校教師校外兼課、兼職處理要點辦理，並事先以書面報經學校核准。

八、研究人員因研究或參與教學，須執行教學、指導、訓練、評鑑、管理、輔導、提供工作機會或與學生共同參與研究計畫時，在與性或性別有關之人際互動上，不得發展有違專業倫理之關係。

研究人員因研究、執行計畫或參與教學時，發現其與學生之關係有違反前項專業倫理之虞，應主動迴避或陳報學校處理。

研究人員應尊重他人與自己之性或身體之自主，避免不受歡迎之追求行為，並不得以強制或暴力手段處理與性或性別有關之衝突。

除上開規定外，研究人員應遵守性別平等教育法及性別平等工作法等相關法令規定。

九、研究人員應遵守校園霸凌防制準則第六條至第九條規定，加強與培養校園霸凌防制意識。

十、研究人員對外承接補助（委託）計畫，應依本校行政程序辦理，由學校具名簽訂合約，不得有未透過學校行政作業而逕與各機關訂約，接受委託研究情事。

研究人員依規定兼任校外職務，除經本校許可外，不得以兼職單位名義承接補助(委託)計畫。

研究人員承接補助（委託）計畫，除應遵守補助(委託)單位之規範事項外，應依會計相關法規辦理各項經費使用事宜。

十一、研究人員利用本校資源完成具專利價值或以非專利形式保護之研究發展成果，其權利及義務依本校研究發展成果管理辦法辦理。

十二、研究人員之聘期、停聘、解聘、不續聘及申訴等事項，比照教師之規定。

十三、研究人員之待遇、福利、進修、年資晉薪、退休、撫卹、資遣、休假研究等事項，除有關增加退休給與及申請延長服務之規定外，依其聘任之等級，比照教師之規定辦理。

十四、研究人員擬於聘約期滿後，不再應聘時，應於聘約期滿一個月前以書面通知學校。如欲於聘約存續期間內辭職者，應經學校同意後，始得離職，其薪給自實際離職之日停支。

十五、本聘約未盡事宜，依其他相關法令規定辦理。

十六、本聘約經校務會議通過後實施，修訂時亦同。

1. Research fellows referred to in the National Cheng Kung University (hereinafter “the University”) Employment Contract for Research fellows (hereinafter “the contract”) are full-time staff of the University responsible for research and related work.

2. Matters concerning the qualification accreditation, employment, and promotion of Research fellows shall be conducted in accordance with the National Cheng Kung University Regulations Governing Teacher Recruitment and National Cheng Kung University NCKU Regulations for Faculty Promotion.

3. Newly employed research fellows and associate research fellows shall undergo evaluation by the Faculty Evaluation Committees of a department/institute/center, a college, and the University to determine whether their employment contract shall be renewed 6 months before reaching the 4th year of their initial/renewed employment period. Research fellows and associate research fellows who do not pass this accreditation will not be reappointed starting from the 5th year.

Newly recruited assistant research fellows who are unable to receive a promotion within 6 years of their employment shall not be reappointed starting from the 7th year. For pregnancy, childbirth, raising children aged under 3 years, and other special circumstances, assistant research fellows may be granted a renewal term of 2 years starting from the 7th year with the consent of the Faculty Evaluation Committee; those who are still not promoted within those 2 years will no longer be reappointed.

During their renewal term of 2 years, assistant research fellows who are still under affected by any special circumstance in the preceding subparagraph, which is likely to affect their academic performance, may extend their renewal term for an additional 2 years with approval from the Faculty Evaluation Committee 6 months prior to the end of the renewal term.

The aforementioned provisions also apply to newly recruited research assistants.

4. To be equated with teachers, Research fellows shall be evaluated in accordance with the Directions for Appeals to the National Cheng Kung University Faculty Evaluation Committee.

5. Research fellows’s leave for business and overseas trips shall be implemented in accordance with relevant regulations for the University’s full-time teachers.

6. In addition to conducting research as planned, Research fellows must conduct relevant work designated by the unit and may simultaneously undertake related work with the consent of that unit. For example, Research fellows who pass the teacher qualification review of the Faculty Evaluation Committees of a department/institution/center, a college, and the University will be allowed to serve as an alternative teacher for related subjects and teach a maximum of 4 hours per week; their payment shall be equivalent to the hourly wage of an adjunct teacher.

7. Research fellows who wish to engage in part-time teaching and work off campus shall submit in advance a written application to the University for approval, as instructed by the National Cheng Kung University Supplementary Regulations for Faculty Members Lecturing or Holding Concurrent Positions at Other Institutions.

8. When performing teaching, mentoring, training, appraisal, management, or counseling; providing work opportunities to students; or participating in a research project with students, no Research fellows are allowed to engage in sex- or gender-based interpersonal interactions that violate professional ethics. Should Research fellows identify a possibility of such a relationship with students during research, implementation of research projects, or teaching, said personnel shall avoid such an interaction or report it to the University. Research fellows of the University shall respect the sexual or physical autonomy of others and themselves as well as avoid inappropriate romantic pursuits. No Research fellows are allowed to resort to compulsory or violent means when handling sex- or gender-related conflicts. In addition to the aforementioned provisions, the University’s Research fellows should comply with the Gender Equity Education Act, the Act of Gender Equality in Employment, and other related laws.

9. Research fellows shall comply with Campus Anti-Bullying standards article 6 to article 9 to improve and to cultivate campus anti-bullying consciousness.

10. Research fellows undertaking subsidized/commissioned research projects shall follow the administrative procedures of the University. For any such projects, a contract shall be entered into and signed by the University. Research fellows may neither sign a contract nor undertake a research project directly with other agencies without following the University’s administrative procedures. Research fellows engaging in off-campus part-time work shall not undertake a subsidized/commissioned project in the name of the unit where they work part-time except for approved by the university. In addition to meeting the requirements stipulated by the authorizing agency, Research fellows undertaking subsidized/commissioned research projects shall use each fund in accordance with relevant accounting regulations.

11. The National Cheng Kung University Regulations Governing Research and Development Results stipulate the rights and obligations of Research fellows who utilize the University’s resources to complete research and development results worthwhile to be patented or protected in a nonpatent form.

12. Research fellows’ term of employment, suspension, dismissal, refusal of reappointment and appeal shall be implemented in accordance with the regulations for teachers.

13. Matters concerning the salary, benefits, continuing education, annual increments, retirement, bereavement pay, severance, and research leave of Research fellows, except for those related to provisions governing additional retirement payments and applications for service extension, shall be handled in accordance with the rank to which the person is appointed and provisions applicable to teachers of an equivalent rank.

14. Research fellows who plan to resign upon expiration of their employment term should submit written notice to the University a month before the contract ends. Research fellows who wish to resign within the employment period shall first obtain the consent of the University, and the calculation of their salary shall end on the date they actually leave their position.

15. Matters not covered by the contract shall be handled in accordance with other relevant laws and regulations.

16. This contract is implemented upon approval by the University Affairs Committee meeting. The same shall apply for any amendments to the contract.