Georgetown University

Faculty Affairs

Main Campus Guidelines and Reference Documents

• Term Faculty Framework (November 2011)
  -Working Guidelines
  -Summary Table
• About the Faculty Salary Plan (September 2011)
• SFS-Q Faculty Framework (April 2011)
• Main Campus Rank and Tenure Dossier Preparation Guidance (October 2010)     

• Search Guidance and Planning 
  -Request to Search (April 10, 2011)
  -Search and Offer Guidelines (August 2011)       
  -Goals and Assessment Request (January 2012)

• Guidelines on Supplemental Compensation (January 2011)
• Pre-Tenure Review Policy  (July 2010)
• Tenure Clock Management (October 2009)
• Statement of Leave and Teaching Reduction Policy for the Main Campus  (October 2006)
  • Revisions (December 2008): Research Leave Salary and Benefits Supplement, Buyouts, Internal Transfer
• Some Remarks on the Tenure Clock (October 2005)
• New Parent (Primary Caregiver) Leave Option for Ordinary Faculty effective November 2004
• Guidelines on Joint Appointments (November 1994)

Georgetown University Faculty Handbook

Sabbatical Leave Applications (December 1, 2011)

Applications should be submitted through the chair of the department and the appropriate deans to the Provost by December 1 of the academic year preceding your sabbatical leave (i.e., by December 1, 2011 for 2012-2013 leave). Please contact your department chair or Dean's office for interim deadlines. For more information, please consult the Faculty Handbook, "Sabbatical Leave."  To download a copy of the sabbatical application form in Microsoft Word, click on the following link: Sabbatical application form.

Faculty Annual Reports (November 30, 2011)

All faculty members who held full-time appointments during the 2010-11 academic year should prepare annual reports for the period including the 2010-11 academic year and summer 2011. For additional information, please view the Provost's letter, and download annual report form. 

The online Faculty Annual Report System (FARS) can be accessed by clicking on the following link: https://www4.georgetown.edu/admin/provost/fars/.    If you experience trouble with the FARS system, please feel free to download the annual report form in lieu of using the online system.