Meanings
nounresearch professor (plural research professors)
plural research professors
- A full professor who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.
Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years. Research Professor is what you then want to become, so you can finally stop worrying about students and do the research that lured you into academia in the first place!
2014, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, What is the difference between a research professor and a professor?
Translations
Danish forskningsprofessor
- forskningsprofessorprofessor mainly engaged in research
French professeur de recherche
- professeur de rechercheprofessor mainly engaged in research
German Forschungsprofessor
- Forschungsprofessorprofessor mainly engaged in research
Norwegian Bokmål forskningsprofessor
- forskningsprofessorprofessor mainly engaged in research
Swedish forskningsprofessor
- forskningsprofessorprofessor mainly engaged in research
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