Sample Solicitation Letters
UCSC:APO:CAPM rev 05/22
The sample letters below were designed for the Professor series; modification may be needed if you are soliciting external reviewers for a different academic title series. It is not necessary to use these exact letters; however, it is a requirement that the paragraphs concerning confidentiality be included either in, or appended to, the letter. (To append, the URL to the confidentiality statement may be used, provided there is a brief explanation of significance [see sample letters below]).
*Please note that as of September 2020 the promotion letter template now acknowledges the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.*
- Sample Letter for Appointment HTML
- Sample Letter for Promotion in the Ladder-Rank Series HTML
- Sample Solicitation Letter for Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor (Lecturer with Security of Employment) Series HTML
- Sample Solicitation Letter involving Merit to Above Scale or Career Equity Review to Step 6 HTML (As of 7/1/20, do not solicit external letters for Step 6 unless review is a Career Equity Review)
- Sample Letter for On-campus Solicitation HTML