Faculty Leaves and Awards

Per HOP 2-2210, there are two major types of faculty leave: 1) leaves without pay and 2) leaves from the instructional budget.

Leaves Without Pay:

Leave - Academic (LWOP)

When faculty are on 100% leave without pay from UT for research/professional/academic reasons for a period of greater than 30 days

Unpaid Time Off

When faculty are on leave from UT's payroll for personal reasons OR when the LWOP is part-time and/or fewer than 30 days.

Situations where tenured or tenure-track faculty are paid some or all of their salary from UT accounts other than 'faculty salaries.'

Course Buyout

When faculty wish to reduce their teaching load by paying a portion of their salary via a grant or other non-instructional account; a type of RFIB.

Co-Sponsored External Fellowship (CSEF) (formerly Supplemental College Research Fellowship (SCRF))

Awarded by COLA, pays up to 50% of faculty’s salary as a supplement to an awarded fellowship. Comes with return rule.

Research Intensive Awards (RIA)

Faculty Development Leaves (FDL)

Faculty Development Awards (FDA)

Used to appoint faculty member temporary alternative work to release faculty from teaching

Faculty Sick Leave

Accrued by benefits-eligible faculty, proportional to their scheduled weekly hours (SWH); use of paid sick time off must be recorded in Workday.

Archived (No Longer Used) Leaves and Awards (as of 9/1/23):

Faculty Research Assignment (FRA)

Awarded by COLA and OGS, affords faculty 1 semester course release and is paid 50% by OGS. Comes with return rule

Summer Research Assignment (SRA)

College Research Fellowship (CRF)

Awarded by COLA, affords faculty 1 semester course release for research project. Comes with return rule

Log into CLASP.
Click on the relevant fiscal year from the main CLASP web view (or use the Find tool).
Click on the “Faculty” tab.
Click on “Leaves” tab.
You will see the list of leaves & awards for that dept/fiscal year including leave status, and other basic information.