There are two types of postdoc appointments in the FAS: Either on Harvard payroll ("paid" appointments) or funded independently ("unpaid" by Harvard).

1. On Harvard payroll

These are of two kinds.

1. Internal, employee postdoctoral fellows (when the postdoctoral fellow is supported by research grants and contracts under the direction of a Harvard Principal Investigator)
   or,
2. External, stipendiary postdoctoral fellows (when a fellowship is awarded to a postdoctoral fellow and is managed by Harvard University, with the fellow paid through Harvard). (Source: 2015-2016 FAS Appointment and Promotion Handbook).

2. Not on Harvard payroll

Postdocs in this category are paid directly by their fellowship or on the payroll of another institution.

3. Job Codes

In the FAS and SEAS, the following postdoc job codes are used most often:

• 069591 – Fellow, Post Doc (Internal, “employee” postdoc, on PI’s funding and on Harvard payroll)
• 000949 – Fellow, Post Doc (Stipendiary postdoc with individual fellowship, on Harvard payroll)
• 061019 – Post Doc, Visiting (External/Direct Pay postdoc, receiving payment directly from outside funding source, not on Harvard payroll)

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