Appointment Letter

When a faculty member offers a postdoctoral appointment to a candidate, the offer letter should conform to the template provided in the FAS Appointments and Promotion Handbook. In order for the appointment to be processed, the letter must be accompanied by the documents listed for each appointment type in the Handbook.

The letters of appointment and renewal should indicate whether the mentor has available funding to fulfill the terms of the appointment; if not, the letter should indicate the duration of assured funding. When the appointment is to be coterminous with external funding, research grant, contract, training grant, etc., this fact should be included in the letter of appointment, including the end date of the funding, even if renewal is expected.