
Academic Appointments
HUMAN Resources
Forms & Resources for Academic Appointments
Find appointment, compensation, and hiring forms for both non-student and student academic positions at UC Santa Cruz, along with related policies, checklists, and salary information. Resources include guidance for lecturers, graduate student instructors, teaching assistants, readers, tutors, academic researchers, and faculty.
Non-Student Academic Appointments
Appointment & Compensation Forms & Instructions:
- Lecturer and Unit 18 Appointments- Document Inventory Forms
- Research Appointments
- Additional Compensation
Additional Compensation Policy for Academic Appointees
Request Forms for:
- Payment to UCSC Academic Employees for work duration of 2 weeks or less (maximum $2,000) or a Payment to UCSC Academic Employees for work duration longer than 2 weeks
UE/GE Additional Compensation Request Form (AY2023-24) – work occuring during the academic year
UE/GE Additional Compensation Request Form (Summer 2024) – work occuring during the summer (Jun-Sep. 30)
A request form should be submitted in advance of the work occuring to ensure policy compliance, payment eligibility, and employee work eligibility.
- Information you will need in your request form:
- Employee Name
- Description of work
- Working Title for work
- Dates for the work
- Payment amount
- Academic Supervisor name
- Funding Authorizer name
- FOAPAL
- Once approved, appropriate form will be routed by UE AHR for signatures via DocuSign.
Payment to Employees of other UC campuses (please route form to Lisa Pauken, lpauken@ucsc.edu)
- Interlocation One-Time Payment Form
- Payment to Non-UC Employees:
- Honorarium Payment Guide to access the Direct Payment Form

Faculty checklists
Forms & Resources for Student Academic Appointments
Appointment Forms & Instructions
- Graduate Student Instructors
- Graduate Student Researchers
- Readers and Tutors
- Honoraria and One-Time Pay
Academic Student Hiring Resources
- Eligibility Chart for ASE Appointments – coming soon
- Academic Student Salary Scales
- UC-UAW Union Contract