a. Eligibility. Faculty members in all schools except Medicine (see Section XII.N) shall first become eligible for a Senior Faculty Fellowship after having taught at Yale or elsewhere at the rank of associate professor or professor for six years without a paid leave of absence. Thereafter they shall be eligible after having taught in those ranks at Yale for six years without a paid leave of absence.

b. Length and Salary. A faculty member awarded a Senior Faculty Fellowship is granted a full-year's leave. The University will fund this leave at a level equal to the amount half-way between the base pay for the rank held and the individual's approved base salary. Faculty on Senior Faculty Fellowships may accept salary funding from sources originating outside of the University, up to provided that the amount purpose of their approved salaries, provided that the purposes are that funding is consistent with the purpose of the leave. They Faculty may also continue to receive project support from external sponsors during a Senior Faculty Fellowship. Salary may be charged to the sponsored project during the leave; however, the effort devoted must, at a minimum, be commensurate with the salary charged and cannot exceed the individual's .  Under no circumstances may a faculty member on a Senior Faculty Fellowship aggregate more than his or her approved base salary. Faculty members may not undertake outside employment while on this leave.