Sabbaticals may be granted for one semester at full salary or for an academic year at half salary. The primary consideration in awarding a sabbatical is to provide the opportunity for a faculty member to conduct research or other scholarly work, to acquire new teaching techniques in one's discipline, or in a new area appropriate to one's needs, or to complete a book or other original paper. Sabbaticals are limited to the availability of funds during the year of application and to substantive evaluation of the significance of the sabbatical proposal. Failure to earn approval for sabbatical at a given time does not preclude reapplying in subsequent years. Fringe benefits will be continued during the sabbatical leave unless otherwise stipulated, in writing, to the faculty member.
Sabbaticals are limited to tenured members of the faculty.
Only time in rank at Hampton University is counted toward the sabbatical. Official leave granted for advanced study for a maximum of one year may be counted toward the sabbatical. At any given time, only one faculty member per department shall be permitted a sabbatical. At least one year of service must remain between the completion of the sabbatical leave and the date of retirement.