Sabbatical and Centers

Sabbatical leaves of absence are given to members of the faculty who completed six or more years of full-time instructional service, or its equivalent, in the UW System and have not taken a sabbatical within the UW System during the previous six years of full-time service, or its equivalent. The procedures outline processes to grant faculty members sabbatical leaves to engage in professional activities, including but not necessarily limited to, advanced study, scholarly travel, research, and writing, creative performance, service, development of new skills, or a combination of these. 

A sabbatical will not be awarded to a faculty member who does not plan to return to the institution from which the leave is granted for at least one academic year of service after the termination of the sabbatical. Preference shall be given to those making significant contributions to teaching and who have not had a leave of absence, regardless of source of funding, in the previous four years.