Note: Faculty Development Leave (FDL) is available only to eligible tenured faculty members. For information on the Faculty Development Award (FDA), available only to professional-track faculty, see Faculty Development Award. 

What is FDL?

See EVPP: Faculty Development Leave.

The Provost's Faculty Development Leave (FDL) program provides tenured faculty members the opportunity of paid leave from teaching and service responsibilities to allow them to focus on research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. At other universities, this type of leave is commonly called a "Sabbatical". The FDL replaces the former Faculty Research Assignment (FRA) program.

The FDL may be taken as either:

• Full-time leave for one semester in either the fall or spring long semesters, or

• Half-time (50%) leave during each long semester during the nine-month long session

  • If half-time leave for the full academic year is chosen, and the remaining 50% of the appointment is committed effort on grants (i.e. course buyout), the faculty member will still be responsible for service activities associated with the 50% grant-funded portion of their appointment.

The number of FDLs to be awarded per year is limited, and faculty to receive FDLs will be selected through a review process outlined below.

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