Policy on Release Time for Extraordinary Faculty Research:

Fairfield University will negotiate a reduced teaching load with any faculty member, tenured or tenure-track, who is awarded a major research grant from a peer-reviewed funding agency (NSF, NIH, NOAA, DOE, etc.), whenever that grant is of sufficient complexity and involves enough faculty responsibilities to justify release time. Release time must be concurrent with the funded period of research. This release time will have no direct bearing on the faculty member's cycle of eligibility for sabbatical leave. In applying for such grants, faculty are expected to consider the importance of requesting salary recovery funds from the granting agency. Whenever possible, faculty members are expected to make a reasonable effort to link the period of funded research to the time of their sabbatical leave if multiple-year funding is available. [AC: 12/02/1991]