Faculty Appointment Guidelines

Guidelines for Obtaining Approval of Joint Academic Appointments for Senior Faculty

These guidelines set forth the procedures for obtaining approval to offer current University of Michigan faculty a joint appointment in another academic unit (inter-school) at the same, or equivalent, rank. Approval is required for joint faculty appointments with the following titles:

• Professor (with or without tenure)
• Associate Professor (with or without tenure)
• Research Professor
• Research Associate Professor
• Clinical Professor
• Clinical Associate Professor

NOTE: Joint appointments at 0% fraction ("dry") to the above titles also need to be approved by the Provost.

NOTE: Joint appointments within the same school or college (intra-school, aka "additional" appointments), do not require approval from the Provost.

1. The school/college/research unit/academic unit approves the joint appointment, and

2. Submits the following information (one copy only) to the Provost's Office:

a. Endorsement letter co-signed by the Dean/Director of the unit in which the faculty member holds a current appointment and the Dean/Director of the unit that wishes to make the new appointment.

·      Effective July 2008, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to be created for all new inter-school and intra-school joint appointments at the assistant, associate, and full professor level for tenure-track/tenured instructional faculty, excluding 0% (“dry”) appointments.  The draft MOU should be submitted to the Faculty Affairs Office for review – ideally at the time of hire but no later than 6 months from the start of the joint appointment.  Please refer to the Faculty Appointment Guidelines on the Provost’s Office website <http://www.provost.umich.edu/faculty/appointment_guidelines/index.html> for the two MOU templates to be used for either a joint appointment without tenure or for a joint appointment with tenure.  Note:  MOUs are not required for Research Professor or Clinical track appointments or hires.

·      Please indicate the fraction of effort for each title.

b. Faculty member's updated curriculum vitae.

c. Description of the new appointment in the context of the field and the specific needs of the academic department/program/unit.

d. Statement of Understanding Regarding Responsibility for Bridging Support. Only required for new appointments with these titles: Research Professor or Research Associate Professor.

NOTE: For Research Professors and Research Associate Professors only, the appointment requires a review by the Vice President for Research. The package will be forwarded to OVPR by the Provost's Office.

a. Regent's Communication (original plus one copy, double-sided with no staples.
b. One copy of the curriculum vitae (double-sided with no staples.)

a. Appointment Request Form
b. Copy of curriculum vitae

 

FACULTY APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES