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    Extension to Timetables for Tenure Consideration

     

    Extensions to the timetables for tenure consideration are addressed on page 8 of the Policies and Guidelines Governing Appointments, Promotions, and Professional Activities of the Faculty (A&P Guidelines).  Please review this section of the A&P Guidelines carefully before proceeding with this process.  Questions or concerns may be address to the appropriate Provost or Rutgers Health Faculty Affairs.

    Extension of Timetables for Tenure Consideration

    This document defines the workflow for a request for an extension to a faculty member’s timetable for tenure consideration.

    Exclusion of Academic Year 2025-26 from Tenure Track Timeline for  AAUP-AFT (inclusive of Legacy AAUP-BHSNJ)- Suspension, Stoppage or Cancellation of Research Funding Significantly Impacting Research

    The University and AAUP-AFT (inclusive of Legacy AAUP-BHSNJ)  have reached an agreement allowing eligible tenure-track faculty to request exclusion of academic year 2025/2026 from their probationary period if their research funding was suspended, stopped, or cancelled during Spring 2025 and/or AY 2025/2026. Faculty may also request that external evaluators consider the impact of this disruption on their scholarship, teaching, and service.

    Eligibility requires:

    1. Tenure Track status as of September 1, 2025
    2. Research funding for Spring 2025 and/or academic year 2025/2026 was suspended, stopped or cancelled, and you have documentation from the funding source supporting such suspension, stoppage or cancellation. 

    Details and forms are available on the Office of University Labor Relations website:

    1. MOA Document
    2. Request Form

    Deadlines:

    1. Faculty must submit completed requests (with required approvals and documentation) first to their Chair.  After approval of the Chair, the Dean must approve.  These approvals must occur by February 1, 2026.
    2. Approved requests must be forwarded to Angela Mullis (amullis@oq.rutgers.edu) in the EVPAA Office by March 1, 2026.
    3. Final decisions will be communicated to faculty by the EVPAA Office by April 1, 2026.

    Please note, this is in addition to and does not replace the process in the A&P Guidelines which allows faculty to request an extension to the timetable for tenure consideration.