Visiting/Honorary Appointment Guidelines

Units within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) may wish to provide a Visiting/Honorary appointment to an individual so they will have official University status during their period of affiliation with the University.

The most common form of such affiliation is an appointment as a Z90NN Honorary Associate/Honorary Fellow. As defined in Unclassified Title Guideline (UTG), “this title designates the holder of a fellowship (usually postdoctoral) administered outside the University or a courtesy appointment for a visiting scholar. This temporary appointment is used to provide an official University affiliation and identification without pay.” Appointments of this type must be of mutual benefit to both the individual and to CALS/UW-Madison. All Visiting/Honorary appointments must have prior approval from CALS Human Resources.

A document is provided which summarizes important information regarding Visiting/Honorary appointments. The document includes a summary of:

Accesses and rights provided to Visiting/Honorary appointees.
Issues supervisor/mentor, chair/director, and appointees should discuss in regard to the appointment.
Compliance information.
Intellectual property information.
Sponsored research information.

Occasionally, a department/center will wish to designate a visiting professor, visiting scientist, or other appropriate zero dollar unclassified title. In those cases, the sponsoring unit must demonstrate that there are good institutional reasons why a title other than Z90NN Honorary Associate/Honorary Fellow is more appropriate.

Visiting/Honorary Appointment Procedures