For faculty seeking sabbatical leave for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year please submit all completed applications (up to the Dean/VP's electronic signature) via e-mail to fiscalaffairs@provost.msstate.edu no later than December 13, 2024. The updated electronic sabbatical application form can be located on the Provost website at https://www.provost.msstate.edu/faculty-student-resources.
Sabbaticals allow faculty members to expand their teaching, research, or outreach expertise. This is a privilege and, as such, should be well-documented and justified in order to be given full consideration for possible approval.
IHL Board of Trustees Policy 408.03 dictates that no more than 4% of the faculty should be on sabbatical at any given time. Although this does not restrict numbers in any given department, please keep in mind that having more than one person on sabbatical leave in a single unit could present logistical challenges.
Please remind those wishing to take a Sabbatical that a report of their activities during Sabbatical should be forthcoming to the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President immediately upon return.
