Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy Membership
The Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) consists of faculty, students and staff who engage in research, teaching and scholarship in an area of genome sciences and policy, who actively support the vision and mission of the IGSP and who work to enhance the productivity and effectiveness of the IGSP, both on campus and beyond.
There are two types of IGSP faculty, Investigators and Members.
(1) IGSP Investigators
An IGSP Investigator is a Duke faculty member who has major and sustained involvement in the IGSP, has been recruited to Duke by the IGSP, receives substantial resources for a research or educational program from the IGSP and/or is assigned space for that program from the IGSP.
The IGSP Investigators are considered the IGSP Governing Faculty for purposes of faculty governance and for recommendations regarding faculty appointments, promotion and tenure.
(2) IGSP Associate Investigators
An IGSP Associate Investigator is a Duke research-track faculty member who maintains a close association and involvement with the research activities of an IGSP Investigator and who has an ongoing involvement in IGSP programs.
(3) IGSP Members
Duke faculty may be appointed IGSP Members upon recommendation of the IGSP Director or one of the IGSP Center Directors because of active involvement in and support for ongoing IGSP research or educational programs. Members will be appointed initially for a term of two years, and continuing IGSP
membership is evaluated no less than every three years.
The IGSP Executive Committee reviews new membership on an ongoing basis. Those interested in being considered for membership should contact the IGSP Director or one of the IGSP Center Directors. Typically, the process of nomination requires an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a statement of how membership in the IGSP will enhance the faculty member's research or educational activities, and consent of the chair of the faculty member’s primary department.
Adopted September 2007