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Request
for Sabbatical/Junior Faculty Research (revised 2/2006)
Leave Policies
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RESEARCH LEAVE FOR JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBERS
The Department provides research leave to eligible junior faculty
members. If you are interested in a research leave, please complete
the form below and submit it for review and approval.
SABBATICAL LEAVE FOR FACULTY MEMBERS
The purpose of sabbatical leaves is to make it possible for members
of the Faculty to take time off from normal academic duties for
scholarly research and study. The Institute's plan is based on
the normal expectation of a one-half-year leave at full salary,
or a full-year leave at half salary, following six years of full-time
service as a member of the Faculty. Implementation of this policy
in a specific case may be limited by the responsibility of the
departments to meet their obligations and the financial resources
that can be made available. Years in which faculty members are
on leave are not counted in the six years. Years of service beyond
the six-year requirement cannot be counted toward qualification
for subsequent sabbaticals.
Faculty members must apply to their department heads a reasonable
time in advance (normally one year) and describe their proposals
for the use of the sabbatical. In considering whether the request
for sabbatical leave can be recommended to the dean, department
heads must take into account the commitments for teaching and research
in their departments. The final allocation of sabbaticals is made
by the Provost. Awards for each applicant are on a no-loss, no-gain
basis up to the maximum payment by MIT of half the academic year's
salary. The objectives of the sabbatical can often be met by other
leaves or by full-time employment on a grant or contract to the
Institute. (See Section 7.4 Benefits for Faculty and Staff Members.)
PARENTAL LEAVES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS
Faculty members who assume responsibility to care for a newborn
child or a child newly placed for adoption or foster care are entitled
to parental leave as described in the Institutes policy 7.5.5
Parental Leaves of Absence without Pay.
Alternatively, faculty may request one semester of full paid teaching
relief (or an equivalent arrangement) from their department head
or dean. The exact nature of the teaching relief may vary according
to School.
This policy applies to faculty regardless of tenure status and
gender. Same-sex spousal equivalents (as defined in Section
7.5.2 Other Leaves for the Faculty)
and in the MIT Personnel Policy Manual Policy 4.5 Leaves
Provided under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 are
covered by this policy. Faculty members who wish to take teaching
relief should request it from their department, section, or program
heads in writing, as far in advance of the leave as possible. For
women faculty who have given birth, teaching relief is understood
to begin after the disability leave immediately following childbirth.
The length of disability leave is determined (in writing) by the
mother's physician, subject to MIT's right to seek a second medical
opinion.
For more information on leaves please see:
http://web.mit.edu/policies/7.5.html and http://web.mit.edu/hr/policy/4-1.html
If you are eligible for a leave and would like to request permission,
please complete and submit the form below. Questions can be addressed
to the Department's Administrative
Officer or
Human Resources Administrator. Once
your leave is approved, your Division Head and the Department's
Teaching Coordinator will be notified.
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