Faculty Leaves
Information regarding faculty leaves is included in the Faculty Handbook.
For detailed procedures for the academic leave process, please refer to the OFAS Leaves and Teaching Relief website.
Once approved, department administrators (chair’s assistant or equivalent) may refer to this Workday Training Guide to process faculty leaves and returns from leave.
Please direct questions to Kristin Flower, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs (kristin.flower@yale.edu).
Leaves for Tenured Faculty
Faculty who wish to request a leave during the 2024-2025 academic year should submit a request using the online leave request system. Instructions for activating your account and submitting the form can be found here. Faculty must submit requests no later than Monday, November 13, 2023.
Department chairs should review and approve submitted requests in the online system by Monday, November 27, 2023.
Approvals will be sent from the SEAS Dean’s Office in February-March, 2024.
Leaves for Tenure-Track Faculty
Please refer to the memo to SEAS tenure-track faculty and department chairs regarding research leave eligibility for tenure-track faculty and the procedures and deadlines for submitting a pre-tenure leave proposal.
* Please note: the process for non-tenured faculty leave proposals mentioned in the above memo is managed through Interfolio. When processing the non-tenured faculty leaves in Interfolio, when creating a case, chair's assistants should select the case type Sabbatical.
Faculty should submit their CV and the Junior Faculty Leave Request Form to their department chair and chair's assistant by early November. The Department Review Committee will evaluate each proposal and provide an evaluation and summary to the Department Chair.
Department Chairs should submit their recommendations to the SEAS Dean’s Office by December 15, 2023.
Notification of decisions regarding leave requests will be sent from the SEAS Dean’s Office in February-March, 2024.
Professional Development Leave for Instructional (non-ladder) Faculty
Please refer to the memo sent to SEAS multi-year instructional faculty and department chairs regarding professional development leave eligibility and the procedures and deadlines for submitting a professional development leave proposal.
Faculty should submit their CV and Instructional Faculty Leave Proposal Form to their department chair and chair's assistant by December 18, 2023
The department review committee will evaluate each proposal and provide a statement specifying the feasibility and prospective value of the proposed project. The chair will forward endorsed applications to the SEAS Dean’s Office (seas.facultyaffairs@yale.edu) by January 26, 2024. All endorsed proposals will be reviewed by the SEAS Dean’s Office and the SEAS Teaching Resource Advisory Committee (TRAC).
Notification of decisions regarding leave requests will be sent in February-March, 2024.