Eligibility
Tenure and non-tenure track faculty can lead VIP teams. This includes professors, research scientists and engineers, GTRI researchers*, academic professionals, etc. Lead instructors of a VIP team MUST be qualified to teach at Georgia Tech in the main subject area of the VIP team. While VIP is interdisciplinary by design, instructor expertise and guidance is still necessary for a project to be successful. For example, if your expertise is in biology, you cannot lead a computer science focused VIP team on your own. You could, however, co-lead a team focused on both biology and computer science alongside a co-instructor with expertise in computer science, or you could lead a biology focused team with a computer science focused subteam guided by external mentors with computer science expertise. In addition, we use the following guidelines to determine qualifications for faculty advisors:
- Degree area relevant to team
- Degree type
- Relevant experience or publications in main team subject area (in lieu of degree)
- If not tenure track, we require supervisor approval
*Note: GTRI researchers require the approval within GTRI. Contact Lee Lerner (lee.lerner@gtri.gatech.edu) for details.
Project Parameters
We’re happy to discuss projects further before you request a team. Below you will find some of the questions we’ll seek answers for during our meeting:
- Is the project long term (typically 3-5 years)?
- Is the work both multidisciplinary and collaborative?
- Does the project follow the GT code of ethics?
- Does the work follow GT legal requirements for student intellectual property?