Questions tagged [sabbatical]
Questions about academic sabbaticals.
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To be unemployed for the RTDa in Italy
I'm Research assistant in Turkey, I'll apply for RTDa position in Italy. I will try to take sabbatical and then unpaid leave from my university in Turkey to apply for RTDa but i heard that Italy does ...
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Sources supporting sabbatical in the US for foreign mathematicians [closed]
I would be interested to spend my sabbatical year at one of the US math departments.
I am a tenured mathematician affiliated with a non US university. I do not have a US citizenship.
What are the ...
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I have been asked to be on a tenure evaluation committee during my sabbatical, how should I respond?
I have been asked to be an external tenure evaluator for someone I don't know. It would be my first case. Knowing myself, I am sure I will spend an unreasonable amount of time and energy to do it ...
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Is it hard/impossible to return to academia after a 2 year break?
I am close to finishing my PhD and most likely will have 1 or 2 papers published. For personal reasons I have to take around 2 year break from academia, but I would like to come back for a postdoc. ...
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Sabbatical Abroad Without Family: How Did it Work
Hello: Following this previous thread: (Profs who have done a full year sabbatical overseas with a family: How did you make it work?), I am equally curious about whether any prof has done a full-year ...
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What is the General Policy of Leaving a Position for Another During Sabbatical?
I am currently on sabbatical after receiving tenure and a position at another university opened up that I am interested in and they are interested in me as well. I'm wondering what is the general ...
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How to arrange sabbatical leave in the age of COVID?
I am putting together my sabbatical year plan where I hope to get a visiting (research) position in a research university in USA that will provide at least half of my salary. My field is applied ...
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Can PhD students take a semester or two to study abroad, similar in nature to a sabbatical?
I know that it is common for professors to take sabbaticals and conduct research at other institutions, but I was wondering if this is something that is available to PhD students as well?
I ask ...
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Sabbatical in mathematics in the US
I am wondering how a mathematician can find a sabbatical in the US. More specifically is it necessary to have people interested in a collaboration with them in the department they wants to visit? Is ...
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Origin of 7 year sabbatical leave cycle
I believe many US universities have a 7-year cycle for sabbatical leave. For example, at my university a full-time tenure-track faculty is eligible for sabbatical leave after 7 years of continuous ...
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Faculty leaving to get a second degree, see training, etc. Is it heard of in Academia?
Is it possible for a faculty to take leave for 1 or 2 years to go and learn some new technologies in order to broaden their research area into a more interdisciplinary area?
Imagine you are working on ...
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How to respond to "what you can bring to our department" in reply of a sabbatical request?
I am a faculty member at a university in a developing country. I love my field of research very much and want to improve my knowledge and level of expertise. I did worked always by myself and without ...
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Unresponsive advisor, job offer in limbo
I'm in a rough place right now in the homestretch of my PhD, and I'm looking for advice. I've recently reached out to my advisor about this, but they are not responding to my emails, hence me asking ...
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Effective ways of organising one's time during a sabbatical
I am about to take a sabbatical period of 6 months. I have planned it with a series of short visits to oversea colleagues (my department does not provide a lot of financial support), but most of my ...
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Am I required to return sabbatical payment if I do not return afterward? [closed]
I am about to go on sabbatical. I do not know if I want to return to the institution afterward. Our faculty handbook says that sabbaticals are granted with the expectation that faculty return for at ...
