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 2026-2027 academic year should submit a request using the online leave application form. Instructions for submitting your application and the leave form can be found here. 

Faculty should submit requests no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.  

Approvals will be sent from the SEAS Dean’s Office in February-March, 2026.  

Assistant Professors who wish to request a pre-tenure leave during the 2026-2027 academic year should submit a request using the online leave application form.  Instructions for submitting your online application and the leave form can be found here.  Please note instructions for additional required documents below.  

Faculty should submit leave requests no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

  • Junior 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, 2026.

If you are interested in a leave during the 2025-2026 academic year, please be in touch with your department chair.

Information on Professional Development Leaves for Instructional Faculty will be available in October 2025.  Please contact the Office of Faculty Affairs in the meantime with questions.  

 

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