XVIII.A.1   Payment

Teaching faculty appointments at Yale are normally for the nine-month academic year. An exception to this is the School of Medicine, where appointments are generally for twelve months. Research faculty appointments are normally made on a twelve-month basis. New appointments normally take effect as of July 1 or January 1. In the Schools of Drama and Nursing initial appointments may be made at any time during the calendar year. In addition to the academic year salary, faculty members appointed on a nine-month basis may receive additional months of summer compensation from Yale-administered sources. (See B. below.)

In all schools except Drama, when faculty members on nine-month appointments resign or when their appointments terminate, the effective date of resignation or termination, except as specially authorized by the Provost, must be either December 31 or June 30. Their appointments may not be extended into the second semester or into July and August. Faculty members whose appointments terminate June 30 may request their final paycheck in May. In the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, resignations may be accepted at any time during the calendar year.

Salaries in most faculty ranks are paid monthly over a twelve-month period. The first salary payment is made at the end of the first month in which the appointment becomes effective. For faculty members and other persons on nine-month appointments, salary payments received during July and August are considered advance payments for services rendered during the academic year. Persons on nine-month appointments are therefore required to return any compensation received for July and August should they not assume the responsibilities of their appointment at the beginning of the academic year or fulfill their duties for the semester or term of appointment. Persons who do not serve for the full nine months of their appointment are required to return a prorated amount of their July and August compensation.

Faculty on nine-month appointments who conduct scholarly or research activities during the academic year that are supported by external funding sources may elect to participate in an alternative compensation schedule wherein academic year salaries will be paid over the nine academic months. This program permits faculty who charge a portion of their academic year salaries to sponsored projects to establish from those salary savings a special research account which may be used (a) to provide for up to three months of summer salary, (b) as bridge funding, (c) to support new initiatives, or (d) for research-related expenses not normally allowable as direct costs on sponsored projects. This program is described in further detail on the Web site of the Office of Research Administration.

Faculty members on multi-year appointments who teach only one semester receive six monthly checks (July through December for the first semester; January through June for the second).

These practices and obligations apply as well to leaves with salary.

Visiting and other faculty members holding one-year appointments are normally appointed from September through May and paid monthly on a nine-month basis. The first salary payment is made at the end of September. One-semester appointees are paid in four installments (September through December) for the fall semester or in five installments (January through May) for the spring semester. When circumstances warrant, and with permission of the Provost or the dean in a professional school, faculty holding one-year appointments may be appointed and paid from July through June, and those holding one-term appointments may be appointed and paid from July through December or from January through June.

Teaching faculty appointments at Yale are normally for the nine-month academic year. An exception to this is the School of Medicine, where appointments are generally for twelve months. Research faculty appointments are normally made on a twelve-month basis. New appointments normally take effect as of July 1 or January 1. In the Schools of Drama and Nursing initial appointments may be made at any time during the calendar year. In addition to the academic year salary, faculty members appointed on a nine-month basis may receive additional months of summer compensation from Yale-administered sources. (See B. below.)

In all schools except Drama, when faculty members on nine-month appointments resign or when their appointments terminate, the effective date of resignation or termination, except as specially authorized by the Provost, must be either December 31 or June 30. Their appointments may not be extended into the second semester or into July and August. Faculty members whose appointments terminate June 30 may request their final paycheck in May. In the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, resignations may be accepted at any time during the calendar year.

Salaries in most faculty ranks are paid monthly over a twelve-month period. The first salary payment is made at the end of the first month in which the appointment becomes effective. For faculty members and other persons on nine-month appointments, salary payments received during July and August are considered advance payments for services rendered during the academic year. Persons on nine-month appointments are therefore required to return any compensation received for July and August should they not assume the responsibilities of their appointment at the beginning of the academic year or fulfill their duties for the semester or term of appointment. Persons who do not serve for the full nine months of their appointment are required to return a prorated amount of their July and August compensation.

Faculty on nine-month appointments who conduct scholarly or research activities during the academic year that are supported by external funding sources may elect to participate in an alternative compensation schedule wherein academic year salaries will be paid over the nine academic months. This program permits faculty who charge a portion of their academic year salaries to sponsored projects to establish from those salary savings a special research account which may be used (a) to provide for up to three months of summer salary, (b) as bridge funding, (c) to support new initiatives, or (d) for research-related expenses not normally allowable as direct costs on sponsored projects. This program is described in further detail on the Web site of the Office of Research Administration.

Faculty members on multi-year appointments who teach only one semester receive six monthly checks (July through December for the first semester; January through June for the second).

These practices and obligations apply as well to leaves with salary.

Visiting and other faculty members holding one-year appointments are normally appointed from September through May and paid monthly on a nine-month basis. The first salary payment is made at the end of September. One-semester appointees are paid in four installments (September through December) for the fall semester or in five installments (January through May) for the spring semester. When circumstances warrant, and with permission of the Provost or the dean in a professional school, faculty holding one-year appointments may be appointed and paid from July through June, and those holding one-term appointments may be appointed and paid from July through December or from January through June.