Yale University
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Full-time professors and associate professors in the School of Medicine, are eligible to apply for Sabbatical Leaves of Absence and Triennial Leaves of Absence under those policies and conditions described in Section XVII. Senior Faculty Fellowships are not available at the School of Medicine. Eligibility for a Triennial Leave of Absence in the School of Medicine begins after two and one-half years of full-time activity at the rank of associate professor or professor. Thereafter, the faculty member will become eligible for a Triennial Leave after each additional two and one-half years of full-time faculty activity at Yale. Faculty members shall first become eligible for a Sabbatical Leave of Absence after having taught at Yale at the rank of associate professor or professor for two and one-half years. Thereafter, they shall be eligible after having taught in those ranks at Yale for six full years from the end of their previous leave of absence. In the School of Medicine a Triennial Leave of Absence is up to four months in length during which time a faculty member receives full pay. A Sabbatical Leave of Absence may be up to six months at full salary or up to one year at half salary. A leave of absence without salary may be granted to any member of the faculty, on recommendation of the chair and Dean, with the restrictions and provisions described in Section XVII.C.
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