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• September 3-October 1: Application system open  

• October 4: COE Faculty Affairs completes applicant eligibility review  

• October 9-November 8: COE committee review of FDL applications  

• November 9: Deadline for COE review committee to forward recommendations to Dean 

• November 10-17: Dean review  

• November 18: Dean sends FDL awardee recommendations to EVPP 

• December 18: EVPP notifies awardees  

• February 17: FDL recipients’ acceptance forms due to COE Faculty Affairs 

Eligibility

2024-25 guidelines will be posted August 1, 2024.

Faculty are encouraged to confirm their eligibility prior to applying.

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• Has been awarded tenure.

• At the time of application, has completed at least five full academic years (i.e. beginning in AY 2019-20 or earlier) working as a UT Austin faculty member. (FDL can start only after completion of six full years of service at UT Austin.) 

• Will have served as a full-time faculty member of UT Austin for at least two consecutive full academic years during the six years before the start of the proposed FDL (i.e. two consecutive years between 2019-20 and 2024-25).

  • See impact of certain leave types on this count at UT FDL Guidelines 2024-25.pdf > B.2. UT-FDL Timing

• Has met or exceeded expectations in at least three of the most recent full academic years preceding their FDL application (i.e. in 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24).

• There has been a minimum of six full academic years of full-time service at UT Austin between the end of the academic year of a prior FDL (or its predecessor the FRA), and the start of the academic year of the proposed next FDL.

• Department chair and/or immediate supervisor approve the proposed timing of the FDL.

• All requirements described at the following:

  • "Eligibility" section of EVPP: Faculty Development Leave

  • UT FDL Guidelines 2024-25.pdf, especially the following sections:

    • B.1 UT-FDLs Eligibility

    • B.2 UT-FDL Timing

  • 2024-25 COE guidelines at EVPP: Faculty Development Leave > "College and School FDL Guidelines" in right-hand side bar > "College of Education" 

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