Appointments & Promotions

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Georgetown University Medical Center faculty member or choosing to advance your career. Before beginning your application, you can first learn more about the School of Health Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure (APT) Committee, School of Medicine Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP), or the School of Nursing Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure (APT) Committee. We also recommend attending one of the Appointment, Promotions & Mentoring Workshops hosted by OFAA to ask questions in person. 

We will take you through 3 simple steps to complete your application for appointment or promotion:

1. Determine your faculty category (below)
2. Identify your appropriate track/line and rank
3. Discuss with your academic chair and apply.

If you do not know your academic chair or the contacts for your department/school, please refer to the GUMC Department, Unit, Program Contacts List.

If you are planning for promotion, please see our promotion planning worksheets to help you prepare.

Information for Unit Leaders, Chairs, HRCs and Department Admins

If your Clerkship Director or Academic Chair have advised you to begin you standard faculty appointment process with the onboarding appointment, please follow these instructions. 

Step 1: Determine your faculty category

Please review the five boxes below, and decide which of the five categories you best affiliate with for your new appointment or promotion.

University Employed School of Medicine Faculty

For School of Medicine University Employed individuals (employed by GUMC) seeking a faculty appointment or promotion, we offer the following tracks:

Tenure
Medical Educator
Research
Adjunct
Emeritus/Emerita
Special Titles

Go to Step 2 (University): Identify Your Appropriate Track and Rank

Non-University Employed School of Medicine Faculty

For School of Medicine Non-University Employed individuals who are employed by GUMC affiliates (i.e., MedStar) and seeking a faculty appointment or promotion, we offer the following tracks:

Onboarding Appointment

Clinician Educator
Clinician Scholar
Clinician
Biomedical Educator
Biomedical Scholar
Adjunct
Emeritus/Emerita

Go to Step 2 (Non-University): Identify Your Appropriate Track and Rank

School of Nursing Faculty

For individuals seeking appointment or promotion at the School of Nursing, we offer the following lines:

Educator
Research
Tenure
Adjunct

Go to Step 2: Identify Your Appropriate Line and Rank

School of Health Faculty

For individuals seeking appointment or promotion at the School of Health, we offer the following lines:

Educator
Research
Tenure
Adjunct

Go to Step 2: Identify Your Appropriate Line and Rank

Postdoctoral Fellows – Information for HR Officers, Faculty Mentors, and PIs

The following webpage is for HR Officers, Faculty Mentors and PIs interested in requesting, hiring, and making an offer to a Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow documents for HR Officers, Faculty Mentors, and PIs

Postdoctoral Fellows – Information for Postdoctoral Fellows

The following webpage is for Postdoctoral Fellows.

Documents and Information for Postdoctoral Fellows