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b)  Designations of Research Personnel

                                         Research  designations  shall  be  issued  based  on  the  approved
                                  research  projects  (program,  project,  study)  strictly  following  standard
                                  research  project  hierarchy.  For  each  duly  approved  research  project,
                                  designations  shall  be  issued  by  the  University  President  to  all  faculty
                                  members  and  researchers  to  be  involved  in  the  implementation  of  the
                                  Project, specifying the academic workload of the involvement of each of
                                  the faculty, e.g. as Program Leader, as Project Leader, as Study Leader,
                                  or  as  Project  Staff.  Only  the  highest  involvement  per  project  shall  be
                                  credited. When two are involved as co-leaders the equivalent academic
                                  load shall be halved between them. Other hired members of the research
                                  team  shall  be  issued  designations  or  contracted  depending  on  the  job
                                  specified in the approved research proposal. The designation shall specify
                                  the  duration  of  the  involvement  of  each  researcher.  Likewise,  the
                                  designation  shall  provide  that  the  researcher  shall  be  on  vacation  sick
                                  leave (VSL) for the duration of the designation.

                              c)  Purchasing project supplies and equipment

                                         Purchase  of  project  equipment,  supplies  and  materials  shall  be
                                  implemented  following  the  standard  government  procedures  of  public
                                  bidding.  The  annual  procurement  plan  shall  also  be  required  for  such
                                  purchases.

                              d)  Program of work and budget

                                         The program of work and line-item budget (LIB) of the approved
                                  research project shall be strictly implemented as programmed. A project
                                  implementation  period  may  be  extended  only  in  meritorious  case  of
                                  because of force majeure. A letter of request for the purpose shall be made
                                  to the President or the funding agency by the Project Leader.

                              e)  Research Project Reports

                                         The project leader shall submit a quarterly Progress Report in the
                                  prescribed  format.  The  report  shall  be  the  basis  of  monitoring  and
                                  evaluation  of  the  progress  of  project  implementation.  The  progress  of
                                  project implementation with  respect to the plan, based accomplishment
                                  targets or deliverables and specified in the approved project proposal.

                              f)  Transferring project leadership

                                         Project leadership may be transferred to another upon request or
                                  incapacity  of  the  incumbent  or  when  University  management  finds  it
                                  necessary. When the Project Leader leaves for at least three months, he



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