Fall 2024 research semester work-related leave of absence applications due Feb. 1

• Application deadline: Thursday, Feb. 1

To support faculty members in their lifelong development as scholars, the Mary Frances Early College of Education provides an opportunity for faculty members to engage in pursuits that improve their scholarship, revitalize their creative energy, and inform them of new and innovative knowledge and practices with the ultimate goal of developing and enhancing their scholarship through a research semester.

To support this development, a faculty member may request one semester for intensive research in which they are released from instruction (up to two courses) and institutional service activities. Where needed, the College will replace the instruction to avoid the loss of credit hour production, and the department head will coordinate the coverage of other duties.

• Eligibility: Tenured faculty members who have been employed by the University of Georgia Mary Frances Early College of Education for at least five years are eligible to apply. Administrators (department heads, associate deans) are not eligible.

Please view the directions and conditions for completing the application. All proposals from a department must be rank-ordered and submitted by the department head to the Office of Research and Graduate Education.