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Faculty Promotion Reviews, Offers, and Reappointments

Getting Started

Vanderbilt University manages most faculty review processes, including the faculty offer process, as well as the promotion and tenure process, through an online secure system called Interfolio.

Faculty Searches are managed through Interfolio Faculty Search.

All other faculty review work is managed through Interfolio Review, Promotion & Tenure.

You must apply for access for the Interfolio products, as well as the Faculty Information System. All access requests for these two faculty systems must be initiated by completing this security form.

Next, to log in to either INTERFOLIO product, please use the . is the recommended browser.

Faculty Information System FIS

Access to the Faculty Information System FIS is required in order to create or update a faculty member鈥檚 record. Additionally, it is also required in order to INITIATE important review workflows in Interfolio Review Promotion and Tenure (RPT),听such as听a(n):

  • Faculty Offer Request,听tenure stream (TT/T)
  • New Faculty Appointment upon signed offer,听tenure stream (TT/T)
  • Faculty Offer Request and Appointment,听full time,听non tenure track (NTT)
  • promotion with tenure
  • promotion to full professor
  • promotion to university distinguished professor
  • promotion, review, and reappointment,听full time,听not on the tenure track (NTT)
  • pre-tenure review (2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 6th year review)
  • recommendation for the award of Emerita/us status (as of 10/1/2020)
  • recommendation for the award and renewal of an Endowed Chair, Chancellor Faculty Fellow, or Dean鈥檚 Faculty Fellow (as of 9/25/2020)
  • reappointment requests

Access to the Faculty Information System is limited and requires approval by your supervisor and the Office of Faculty Affairs. Access will not be granted to student workers.

For access to the system, see the link above under Getting Started.

Interfolio Resources

  • Training Materials
  • Faculty Search Information
  • Tutorial for External Evaluators
    • This demonstrates what an External Evaluator can expect to see when they receive an external evaluation request. It moves step-by-step through accepting, declining, and uploading the evaluation. Additionally, they now have the ability to upload their biographies.
    • When requesting external evaluations, you should include language in your request to the evaluator that links out to this helpful tutorial.听For example, 鈥淚f you would like to view a brief video tutorial on accepting (or declining) and submitting an external evaluation in Interfolio, please follow听.鈥�

Need Help?

For basic technical or process support with the Interfolio tools, first .

If your Interfolio Specialist cannot help you, your next step is to send an email to the Office of Faculty Appointments at faculty@vanderbilt.edu. You can also join our .

If you are encountering technical or access issues with the Faculty Information System or Interfolio, 听please contact these representatives of the听听team:

Review, Promotion & Tenure Resources and Checklists

All resources and checklists can be found on our new site!