Whenever a tenure-track/tenured faculty member separates from the university, the dean’s office sweeps their salary line from the department/school’s recurring budget. These swept tenure-track/tenured salary lines fund tenure-track/tenured hiring each year in the college.
When a department/school has a temporary need for a short-term replacement for one of these separated tenure-track/tenured faculty members, the department chair/school director, or their delegate, can request “separation bridge funding” from the dean’s office for one-time funding to cover teaching replacement cost for that separated faculty member for a short-term period. In general, the dean’s office uses the separated faculty member’s salary as the budget for the separation bridge funding request and usually approves separation bridge funding at cost of replacement. Separation bridge funding can only pay for instructional needs (e.g. faculty positions, TA/AI positions).
The department chair/school director, or their delegate, can submit a request for separation bridge funding here. This is a rolling deadline. Requests may be submitted at any time.
Page last updated 03/13/2024.
