Faculty Leaves

Information regarding faculty leaves is included in the Faculty Handbook, Section XX.  
For detailed procedures for the academic leave process, please refer to the OFAS Leaves and Teaching Relief website.
Please direct all questions to Kristin Flower, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (kristin.flower@yale.edu). 

Faculty who wish to request a leave during the 2025-2026 academic year should submit a request using the online leave application form. Instructions for submitting your application can be found here. 

Faculty should submit requests no later than Thursday, October 31, 2024.  

Approvals will be sent from the SEAS Dean’s Office in February-March, 2025.

Assistant Professors who wish to request a pre-tenure leave during the 2025-2026 academic year should please refer to the memo to SEAS tenure-track faculty and department chairs regarding research leave eligibility for tenure-track faculty and the procedures and deadlines for submitting an application.

Assistant Professors should submit the online leave application form no later than Thursday, October 31, 2024.

  • Faculty should indicate Initial Appointment Leave or Post-Reappointment Leave and attach their CV and the SEAS Junior Faculty Leave Request Form as one document.
  • Faculty requesting a lab setup leave should indicate Initial Appointment Leave and note Lab Setup Leave in the Comments. Additional documentation is not required for a lab setup leave application. 


Approvals will be sent from the SEAS Dean’s Office in February-March, 2025.

If you are interested in a leave during the 2024-2025 academic year, please be in touch with your department chair.

Please refer to the memo sent to SEAS multi-year instructional faculty and department chairs regarding professional development leave eligibility and the procedures and deadlines for submitting a professional development leave proposal.

Applicants should submit the online application form and attach a written proposal and current CV by December 13, 2024.  Proposals should describe the proposed project and how it will advance the applicant’s teaching and professional development and serve the teaching program of the department.  Proposals should include a well-developed methodology and, if applicable, a research plan including a calendar for the intended semester of leave.

Notification of application status will be sent from the SEAS Dean's Office in March, 2025. 

For information on non-academic leaves please refer to the OFAS page for non-Academic leaves.

Paid leaves and time off include:

  • Short-term medical disability (SMD)
  • Teaching Relief for Child Rearing 
  • Parental Leave for Research Faculty 


Unpaid leaves and time off include:

  • Child-rearing Leave
  • Caregivers Leave
  • Personal unpaid Leave