is a Virginia Tech employee (i.e., anyone who receives compensation for their work) conducting research in a laboratory or group of laboratories under the direction of a Principal Investigator who is responsible for the daily operations of a laboratory or group of laboratories.
a person who conducts research at the licentiate level or higher and whose work requires extensive use of the collections or archives material in the Library of Parliament
The individual who conducts and directs the study and carries the primary responsibility for the research. The Researcher is referred to as the Principal Investigator when acting as the leader of a research team.
a live person - and not some computer or artificial intelligence - with a personal drive to find, search, learn, dissect and digest information, for one's own use or at the request of another
A person who follows the scientific method to answer a question. On these expeditions, researchers are trying to answer questions about the wildlife in the Grand Canyon.
a covered health care provider if he or she furnishes health care services to individuals, including the subjects of research, and transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by the Transactions Rule
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For the purpose of the Networks of Excellence, a researcher is defined as: a staff member with at least four years research experience or with a doctoral degree either an employee of one of the partners in the consortium or working under its direct management authority