����������

Overview��

��

There are two types of Faculty Fellow job codes available to the ���������� Boulder campus: FF codes are secondary roles aligned with primary faculty roles, and 1439 is for primary position hires.

FF codes define Faculty Fellows as:

“For recognition of additional work such as course development, external fellowships paid through the university, or other assignments or duties that are not summer teaching, summer research or course overload. This job code is limited for use as an additional appointment for faculty members with a primary appointment (or combination of appointments). The primary appointment(s) must be active, regular (permanent) with at least 20 Standard Hours.”

The position is typically temporary, associated with a primary faculty appointment, and can encompass a variety of responsibilities that fall outside the main purview of faculty’s regular positions (e.g., teaching, research, traditional service and leadership in the department/unit).

The stand-alone 1439 code does not have a system-level definition currently and is instead defined by the Boulder Campus. Full-time Faculty Fellows are:

“For appointing full-time (50% FTE or more) professionals conducting academic affairs work who do not hold a primary faculty appointment with the University of Colorado Boulder. These professionals support academic programs and clinics in roles that fall outside of teaching and research, such as providing mentorship to a course where they are not the instructor of record, leading a time-limited initiative, or supporting a non-medical clinic’s work.”

Guidelines��

Common faculty fellow appointments include work for course development, approved administrative service in a unit beyond the scope of existing associate chairs/directors, and external fellowships paid through the university. Faculty fellow appointments are time limited, and typically expire within 1 semester to 2 academic years from their start date. Faculty fellow positions are renewable.����

Faculty fellow appointments should not be used for additional teaching or additional research work. For those types of work, existing additional job titles and processes should be used.����

As of Spring 2025, faculty members who previously held faculty fellow appointments that functioned like an endowed appointment (i.e., the faculty fellow position is an honor and has no explicit administrative responsibilities or additional work assignments the faculty member must complete) must be transitioned to Endowed Chair or Endowed Professor positions upon the conclusion of their current faculty fellow contract, if the honorary position is to continue.����

Process for Generating a Faculty Fellow Offer Letter��

• AS NEEDED: Unit secures written/emailed approval from all applicable authorities (e.g. Dean of Division)
  • Note: Only required if the faculty member is non-tenure track, and the faculty fellow appointment will lead to them exceeding 100% time in a term across all appointments.
• Unit submits draft CAS Faculty Affairs Advertisement Template to CAS Faculty Affairs. Ad template will be reviewed by CAS Faculty Affairs coordinator, and sent to the��respective divisional or associate dean for review. All Faculty Fellow recruitments must be posted to the ���������� Boulder Jobs Board.
• Unit submits the following to Faculty Affairs Coordinator for review via email at cas-faculty@colorado.edu:
  • Offer Letter Template – Faculty Fellow
    • Maintained by Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA), and downloadable from the OFA A-to-Z Information Guide website under Offer Letters and Templates -> Recruitment & Hiring -> Offer Letter Templates for Faculty (forms) -> Faculty Fellow
  • If the faculty member is non-tenure track and exceeding 100% time in a term: written/emailed approval from all applicable authorities (e.g. Dean of Division)
• Draft offer letter reviewed by Faculty Affairs Coordinator
• Draft offer letter sent by Faculty Affairs Coordinator to OFA for review and approval
• Once approved by Faculty Affairs Coordinator and OFA, approved offer letter is routed by Faculty Affairs Coordinator for signatures, with CC to the following via DocuSign:
  • Unit
  • Human Resources Service Center
• Faculty Affairs Coordinator downloads completed letter to Personnel File
• Appointment entered in HCM (Human Resources software) by the Campus Human Resources Service Center
• If any changes to the offer letter are needed after approval, fill out an addendum form.��