Office of the Provost

Faculty Resources

Academic Calendar
Academic Leave
Bridging Fellowships
Chronicle of Higher Education's Cost-of-Living Calculator
Consulting and Conflict of Interest
Copyright Clearance and Fair Use
Diversity Resources for Faculty
Faculty Handbook
Faculty Senate
Limited Submission Competitive Grants
Religious Holidays
Tenure Process and Promotion Cases
Other Resources

University Academic Calendar, 2007-2015

The University Academic Calendar is approved through the 2014-2015 academic year.

Please note that Fall Break dates in 2010 and beyond are subject to change depending on the scheduling of Meliora weekend in those years.

Questions about the Academic Calendar should be directed to .

Academic Leave

Faculty members may request up to one year of academic leave to pursue research interests. Faculty requesting leave need to provide a written justification of the leave and obtain his or her school dean's signature on Form 212. The faculty must submit the form and written justification to the Provost for final approval. Faculty members may request full salary for a 1/2-year, or 50% salary for a full year (minus any outside support). See Section IV.E. of the Faculty Handbook for more information about Leaves.

Bridging Fellowships

Bridging Fellowships allow faculty to spend a semester in a department other than his or her own. The Fellowship should benefit the faculty member, the departments, and the University. The dean or director's office of each school generally solicits applications once a year. Additional information is available in Section IV.E of the Faculty Handbook. Questions about Bridging Fellowships should be directed to .

• 2009 Bridging Fellowship Memo
• List of previous Bridging Fellows

Consulting and Conflict of Interest

• General Overview of Guidance and Advice for Faculty Who Engage in Outside Consulting
• Consulting Agreement Template
• Conflict of Interest

Copyright Clearance and Fair Use

Faculty Handbook

The Faculty Handbook sets forth policies, procedures, and information that, by common consent, are those governing the University faculty as a whole.

The Faculty Handbook last underwent major revisions in July 2002. A memo describing those revisions, along with updated pages, was sent to faculty members before the beginning of the fall 2002 semester.

Additional revisions were approved by the Faculty Senate in February 2007 and were added to the Handbook in February 2007 (new material added) and July 2008 (outdated section deleted).

To download the most recent (July 2008) version of the Faculty Handbook, click here.

See also:

• Regulations of the Faculty, School of Medicine and Dentistry

Faculty Senate

“There shall be established . . . a University-wide Faculty Senate . . . to consider the state of the University, . . . to make recommendations for its academic development . . . to inquire into any matter. . .that has implications for the academic function and welfare of the University and to make recommendations concerning such matters . . .; and to be a channel of communications between and among the various faculties and between the collective faculties and the President and the Provost of the University.”

Questions about the Faculty Senate should be directed to Jenni Oliver, Secretary of the Faculty Senate, at (585) 275-5932 or jenni.oliver@rochester.edu.

Limited Submission Competitive Grants

For limited submission grants (where the University is limited as to the total number of proposals it may submit), the Provost will make the final determination regarding which proposals will be submitted if the research area is relevant to more than one unit of the University.

The following is a list of some of the major limited submission grants handled by the Provost's Office. For current information about any of these grants, contact or .

Government Grants

• National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipends
• National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT)
• National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation
• National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation Program
• National Science Foundation Research in Disabilities Education
• NYSTAR James D. Watson Investigator Program
• NYSTAR Faculty Development Program
• NYSTAR Technology Transfer Incentive Program (TTIP)
• US Dept. of State Jefferson Science Program

Foundation Awards

• Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigators Program
• Brookdale Foundation Leadership in Aging Fellowship Program
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface Program
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Award program
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Awards Program
• Carniegie Scholars Program
• Dana Foundation Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering Program
• Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Graduate Fellowships
• Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging
• Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program
• Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences
• Searle Scholars Program

Religious Holidays

It is our practice to request that faculty members not penalize students whose religious observances pose conflicts with academic assignments. See below for a list of some of the holidays for Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.

* Holiday based on sighting the Crescent and cannot be predicted ahead of time.

Tenure Process and Promotion Cases

In addition to the sections on promotion and tenure in the Faculty Handbook, please contact the following people for information regarding promotion and tenure policies. They will be able to answer specific questions about required supporting materials and deadlines.

• College: Crystal Cusimano
• Eastman: Alice Kurtz
• SMD: Cathi Gray
• SON: Lukira Carroll
• Simon: Lena Cardone
• Warner: Christine Ghinazzi

Other Resources

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

American Association of University Women (AAUW)
University of Rochester Representative: Rosemary Kegl, Department of English