This is the Astronomy Department's page with information and documents related to the Plan of Organization's 2022 revision.

Plan of Organization and Promotion/Appointment Policies

• 2024 Department Plan of Organization (PDF)

   

• Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
  • Department APT Guidelines for Professorial Faculty (PDF) (Bylaws 1A)
  • APT Criteria (PDF) for External Evaluators (Bylaws 1A extract)
    Professorial promotion criteria extracted from the APT guidelines for inclusion in requests to external evaluators.
  • Appendix 1B Merit Pay Distribution Plan for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty

     

• Professional Track Faculty
  • Department AEP Guidelines for Professional Track Faculty (PDF) (Bylaws 2A)
  • AEP Criteria (PDF) for External Evaluators (Bylaws 2A extract)
    For inclusion in letter and AEP packages (extracted from AEP guidelines)
  • CMNS Research Faculty Criteria
  • Appendix 2B Merit Pay Distribution Plan for Professional Track Faculty

General Department Policies

• Department Mentoring Plan (PDF)
  
• Graduate Mentoring Guidelines (PDF)
  
• EDI page
  A link to the department's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page.
• Travel Guide
  The Department of Astronomy has recently switched to the University's new Travel System named Concur. A department user guide for Concur will soon be available. Please contact your business manager or Dorinda Kimbrell with questions.

General UMD Policies

• UMD Faculty Affairs
  A link to the UMD Faculty Affairs page.