Reassigned Time

It is the responsibility of the principal investigator to make arrangements with the department head and the dean for any reassigned time required in the proposed research. At this time, securing external funding for support of release time is the best approach. Reassigned time may be in the form of that which is donated by the university on a cost-sharing basis or that which is paid for by the granting agency. The amount of required released time varies with the nature of different proposals. It is important to obtain approval before writing reassigned time into your grant proposal.

For faculty meeting the following criteria, it may be possible to obtain a full-time reassignment (leave) for research purposes.

Faculty Handbook, Article VIII, Section H. Advanced Research Leave

1. Requirements for applications:

· Regular graduate faculty status, or if applicant is in a field that does not permit graduate teaching, he/she must still meet the remaining criteria necessary to achieve regular graduate faculty status.

· Tenure with at least six (6) years of continuous teaching at AASU.

· Has not had another leave with pay in last six years.

· Would commit to teach at AASU for two (2) years following leave.

· Statement by department head on how course work in department will be covered.

· Recommendations by department head and dean of school.

2. Committee of Graduate Council to make recommendations to Vice President and President of university. Committee judgement to be based on:

· Applicant meeting all minimum requirements.

· Quality of research proposal.

· Previous track record of applicant in scholarly activity.

· Recommendations of department head and dean.

3. Report of research conducted presented to Department Head, Dean of College, Graduate Council, and President of university.