5.

0 FACULTY APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, TENURE AND SEPARATION

FROM SERVICE ......................................................................................................53
5.1 APPOINTMENTS................................................................................................53
5.1.1 General Guidelines .........................................................................................53
5.1.2 Other Terms and Conditions of Appointment .................................................55
5.1.3 Salary Grades .................................................................................................56
5.1.4 Role of Academic Personnel Committees ......................................................57
5.1.5 Processing of Original Appointments .............................................................60
5.2 PROMOTIONS...................................................................................................61
5.2.1 Criteria for Promotion......................................................................................62
5.2.2 Automatic Promotion for Ph.D. .......................................................................62
5.3 APPOINTMENT TO SPECIFIC RANKS AND TENURE....................................63
5.3.1 Instructors.......................................................................................................64
5.3.2 Assistant Professors.......................................................................................65
5.3.3 Associate Professors .....................................................................................66
5.3.4 Professors .....................................................................................................66
5.4 SEPARATION FROM SERVICE ......................................................................66
5.4.1 Resignation ................................................................................... ................67
5.4.2 For Cause ......................................................................................................67
5.4.3 Retirement......................................................................................................68
5.5 EXTENSION OF SERVICE IN THE UNIVERSITY ...........................................68
5.5.1 Beyond the Compulsory Retirement Age of 65 ..............................................69
5.5.2 Age 70 and Above ..........................................................................................69
6.0 FACULTY PRIVILEGES ....................................................................................71
6.1 STUDY PRIVILEGES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS NOT ON LEAVE.................71
6.1.1 For Full-Time Faculty Members........................................................................71
6.1.2 For Part-Time Faculty Members ......................................................................74
6.2 LEAVE PRIVILEGES ..........................................................................................75
6.2.1 Study Leave .....................................................................................................75
6.2.2 Teachers Leaves.............................................................................................80
6.2.3 Academic Leave for Faculty Administrators.....................................................84
6.2.4 Special Leave Privileges (SLP).......................................................................84
6.2.5 Maternity Leave ..............................................................................................85
6.2.6 Paternity Leave ...............................................................................................86
6.2.7 Military Service Leave .....................................................................................87
6.2.8 Leave Without Pay ..........................................................................................87
6.3 SPECIAL DETAIL ...............................................................................................88
6.4 SABBATICAL.......................................................................................................89
6.5 LIBRARY PRIVILEGES........................................................................................90
6.6 HOUSING PRIVILEGES ......................................................................................90
6.7 E-MAIL ACCOUNT ...............................................................................................90
6.8 PRIVILEGES FOR RETIRED FACULTY MEMBERS ..........................................91
7.0 FACULTY BENEFITS AND WELFARE................................................................ 92
7.1 PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH) BENEFITS ............ 92
7.1.1 Compulsory Health Insurance............................................................................ 92
7.1.2 Benefit Package................................................................................................... 94
7.2 GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS) BENEFITS.................. 96
7.2.1 Compulsory Life Insurance ................................................................................. 96
7.2.2 Social Security Protection Benefits.................................................................... 100
7.2.3 Loans ................................................................................................................ 111
7.3 PAG-IBIG BENEFITS............................................................................................ 112
7.3.1 Expanded Housing Loan.................................................................................... 112
7.3.2 Pag-IBIG Multi- Purpose Loan (MPL) ...................................................... ..112
7.3.3 Provident Benefit ............................................................................................... 112

7.4 UP BENEFITS AND WELFARE............................................................................ 113

7.4.1 Study Privileges of Non-Earning Dependents of Faculty Members.. ............. 113
7.4.2 Health Services................................................................................................... 116
7.4.3 Use of Athletic Facilities .................................................................................... 117
7.4.4 Use of Cultural and Recreational Facilities................................................. 117
7.4.5 UP Diliman Computer Loan Program ......................................................... 117
7.4.6 Longevity Pay............................................................................................... 117
7.4.7 Loyalty Award .............................................................................................. 118
7.4.8 UP Provident Fund Benefits......................................................................... 119
8.0 HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS ........................................................................ 122
8.1 PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS ........................................................................................ 122
8.1.1 Professorial Chairs in Specialized Fields .................................................... 122
8.1.2 General Education (GE) Chairs................................................................... 127
8.2 FACULTY GRANTS ................................................................................................ 128
8.3 ACADEMIC DISTINCTION AWARDS....................................................................... 129
8.3.1 International Publication Award.................................................................. 130
8.3.2 International Award for the Arts .................................................................. 135
8.3.3 Gawad sa Natatanging Publikasyon sa Filipino .......................................... 138
8.3.4 President's Award for Innovation in Teaching ............................................. 139
8.3.5 University Professor Grant .......................................................................... 141
8.4 GAWAD CHANSELOR ............................................................................................ 141
8.5 SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS ...................................................................................... 142
8.5.1 University Professor..................................................................................... 142
8.5.2 Artist-in-Residence ....................................................................................... 143
8.5.3 Professor Emeritus ....................................................................................... 144
9.0 INCENTIVES ......................................................................................................... 148
9.1 FELLOWSHIP/STUDY LEAVE................................................................................. 148
9.1.1 General Guidelines....................................................................................... 148
9.1.2 Foreign Fellowship ...................................................................................... 150
9.1.3 Local Fellowships......................................................................................... 153
9.1.4 Doctoral Studies Fund.................................................................................. 155
9.1.5 Ph.D. Incentive Grant................................................................................... 158
9.2 UP CREATIVE AND RESEARCH GRANTS .................................................. 160
9.2.1 Post-doctoral Research Grant...................................................................... 161
9.2.2 Textbook Writing Grant................................................................................ 163
9.2.3 Research and Creative Work Grant ............................................................. 166