For guidelines and procedures regarding the recruitment and selection of faculty, please consult this Handbook.

All hiring forms can be found here.

Please consult the “Guide to Faculty Recruitment” from the Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity.

The Faculty Inclusive Engagement Fund (FIEF) is an initiative of the Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity and the Office of the Provost. In line with IDE’s mission to integrate diversity in all its dimensions throughout the university, FIEF’s primary purpose is to provide incentive funding for colleges and departments to actively recruit, support and retain the most highly qualified and diverse pool of tenured and tenure-track faculty. Please consult the types of funding and proposal funding.

Faculty Retention

While retention offers are primarily the responsibility of the academic unit, there are certain circumstances under which the Provost’s Office can provide short-term support to make a retention offer possible. Provost retention funds can be requested for a maximum period of two years, after which the academic unit is responsible for these funds.

If you would like to request short-term support for a retention offer, please provide:

• Faculty member’s name and rank
• The amount of funds being requested and what they will be used for (i.e. raise, summer salary, research funds)
• A summary of the faculty member’s successful track record of contributing to MU’s strategic priorities (student success; research and creative works; engagement and outreach; inclusive excellence)
• An explanation of how and why a retention offer will help at this moment
• What the academic unit is contributing to the retention offer

Please email all requests to Matthew Martens, Senior Vice Provost, martensmp@missouri.edu.