Required Appointment Documents

Tenure-track, Clinical, and of the Practice Faculty

• Recommendation for Academic Appointment Form (helpful guidance for completing this form is available on the Provost’s website)
• Chair’s Memo of Recommendation (faculty vote required)
• Three External Letters of Recommendation
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)
• Letter of application from candidate
• Signed Intellectual Property Agreement (Must accompany initial appointment paperwork for full-time hires)
• Affirmative Action Report (Online for tenured/tenure-track faculty)

Note: New appointments at the ranks of full Professor and Associate Professor require a complete tenure review; please contact Alex Bellan (lundsted@bu.edu) in the Office of Faculty Actions about the requirements for such appointments. New appointments at the ranks of Associate Professor of the Practice and full Professor of the Practice also require a review similar to the tenure review; again, contact Faculty Actions regarding the requirements for appointments at these ranks.

Full-time Lecturers, Adjunct Professorial Faculty, Visiting Professorial Faculty

• Recommendation for Academic Appointment Form
• Chair’s Memo of Recommendation (faculty vote for all full-time and all professorial-rank appointments)
• Three External Letters of Recommendation
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)
• Signed Intellectual Property Agreement (Must accompany initial appointment paperwork for full-time hires)
• Affirmative Action Report (Online for full-time Lecturer hires; not required for adjunct and visiting faculty)

Part-time Lecturers

• Recommendation for Academic Appointment Form
• Chair’s Memo of Recommendation
• Two External Letters of Recommendation
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)

If courses assigned to PT lecturers are cancelled due to low enrollment, please be sure to notify the Faculty Actions Office.

See here for information on Senior Teaching Fellow/Lecturer appointments.

Research Faculty and Academic Researchers (compensated)

• Recommendation for Research Faculty Appointment Form
• Sponsoring Faculty Member’s Memo of Recommendation with Chair/Director’s endorsement (faculty vote required for Research Faculty appointments)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)
• Three Letters of Recommendation
• Signed Intellectual Property Agreement (Must accompany initial appointment paperwork for full-time hires)

Visiting Faculty and Research Scholars (non-compensated)

• Recommendation for Research Faculty Appointment Form
• Researcher Acknowledgement Statement
• Sponsoring Faculty Recommendation Letter
• Signed Intellectual Property Agreement
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)

Tenure-track Professorial Faculty, Visiting Professorial Faculty, Full-Time Lecturers

• Reappointment/Non-Reappointment Form for Full-Time Faculty (includes space for Chair’s/Director’s recommendation)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old)

Part-time Faculty, Adjunct Professorial Faculty

Part-time faculty returning to Boston University after a period of more than 3 years will require new initial appointment paperwork.

• Recommendation for Part-time Faculty Reappointment Form (includes space for Chair’s recommendation)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)

If courses assigned to PT lecturers are cancelled due to low enrollment, please be sure to notify the Faculty Actions Office.

See here for information on Senior Teaching Fellow/Lecturer reappointments.

Research Faculty, Academic Researcher

• Recommendation for Research Faculty Reappointment Form (includes space for Chair’s recommendation)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old)
• Annual Performance Appraisal, if not already submitted (not required for Research Faculty)
• Signed Intellectual Property Agreement  (if not already on file – contact Faculty Actions to confirm)

Visiting Faculty and Research Scholars (non-compensated)

• Recommendation for Research Faculty Appointment Form
• Researcher Acknowledgement Statement
• Sponsoring Faculty Recommendation Letter
• Current Vita (no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)

• Change of Title/Change of Status Form* (includes space for Chair’s/Director’s rationale)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)
• If the change is for a reduction in effort, please include a statement from the individual acknowledging that the reduction in effort may impact their benefits

* Use a Change of Title/Change of Status form if you are changing title and/or salary ONLY. Requests to change academic researchers to faculty ranks are considered to new appointments, not changes of status or promotions.

• Recommendation for Secondary Faculty Appointment Form
• Recommendation for Secondary Faculty Reappointment Form
• Endorsement from Chair/Director where the faculty member holds a primary appointment
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old)

• Recommendation for Secondary Administrative Appointment Form
• Recommendation for Secondary Administrative Reappointment Form
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old – only administrators have access to upload CVs)

• CAS Overbase Form

Sabbatical/Academic Leave of Absence

• Sabbatical/Academic Leave of Absence Request form
• Chair’s Evaluation Form
• Detailed plan for the sabbatical/leave of absence period (1-2 pages)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old)

Please note CAS policies related to sabbatical/academic leave of absence and fellowship salary gap support. Copies of applications for external fellowships or grants are NOT required.

Non-academic Leave (Medical/Childbirth/Other Personal or Family Leaves)

• Non-Academic Leave of Absence form

• Emeritus Appointment/Extension of Service Form (includes space for Chair’s recommendation and confirmation of faculty vote)
• Current Vita (Please upload cv no more than 3 months old)

Please note CAS and University policies regarding emeritus status.