Chapter 2H
Important Deadlines: 2026-2027
*If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the next business day becomes the deadline*
Action | Task | Deadline |
Official start of the review process for academic-year reviews for promotion to associate or tenured professor | Department chairs should meet with candidates to discuss the review process in July, if they have not done so already | July 1, 2026 |
Submission deadline for academic-year reviews for promotion to associate or tenured professor and reappointments of professors in residence, professors of the practice, senior preceptors, and senior lecturers | Candidate submits all dossier materials to the department | September 1, 2026 |
Submission deadline for calendar-year reviews for promotion to associate or tenured professor | Department submits promotion dossiers to the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for the relevant division/SEAS | October 1, 2026 |
Deadline to submit leave applications for AY 2027-2028 | Faculty submits leave applications to leaves.fas.harvard.edu | December 4, 2026 |
Deadline to approve leave requests for AY 2027-2028 | Department chairs approve faculty leave requests in leaves.fas.harvard.edu | December 18, 2026 |
Official start of review process for calendar-year reviews for promotion to associate or tenured professor | Department chairs should meet with candidates to discuss the review process in January, if they have not done so already | January 1, 2027 |
Deadline to submit annual Faculty Activity Reports | Tenured, tenure-track, and senior non-ladder faculty submit reports to far.fas.harvard.edu | January 31, 2027 |
Deadline to submit academic-year lecturer and preceptor reviews | Department submits reviews to the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for the relevant division/SEAS | February 12, 2027 |
Submission deadline for calendar-year reviews for promotion to associate professor or tenured professor and reappointments of professors in residence, professors of the practice, senior preceptors, and senior lecturers | Candidate submits all dossier materials to the department | March 1, 2027 |
Deadline to submit promotion dossiers for promotion to tenured professor (for academic-year reviews)* | Department submits promotion dossiers to the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for the relevant division/SEAS | March 1, 2027 |
Submission deadline for dossiers for external appointments to tenured professor, and new appointments and reappointments of professors in residence, professors of the practice, and senior lecturers* | Department submits dossiers to the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for the relevant division/SEAS | March 1, 2027 |
Deadline to submit promotion dossiers for promotion to associate professor (for academic-year reviews) | Department submits dossiers to the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for the relevant division/SEAS | March 26, 2027 |
Deadline to submit dossiers for appointments and reappointments of senior preceptors, appointments of associate senior lecturers, and other reviews and reappointments, including second-year reviews of assistant professors and externally-appointed associate professors. | Department submits dossiers to the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for the relevant division/SEAS | March 26, 2027 |
Deadline to extend offers to ladder faculty at other institutions for appointments beginning in the upcoming term without requiring permission from the dean of the candidate’s home institution | Department works with Office for Faculty Affairs to extend offer | April 30, 2027 |
Deadline to submit Aurora appointments – and all required back-up material – for all new tenure-track appointments and non-ladder teaching appointments and reappointments. ** | Department submits the appointment to the FAS Appointments Office via Aurora | May 3, 2027 |
* Any dossier, as applicable, received after this date might not be scheduled for an ad hoc review until the following fall.
** Any appointments or reappointments submitted after this date may affect the faculty member's employment status, including ID access, salary payments, and benefits.