Sample Proposals & Reports
This list of approved proposals can be used as reference, as inspiration, or as models when submitting proposals for sabbatical leave. The completed reports below provide a window not only into an array of projects and approaches but also representative examples of how reports can be written. Please see also examples of work that has grown from faculty members’ sabbaticals.
Both Proposals and Reports represent a variety of disciplines, such as English, Geology, History, Math, Philosophy, Sociology, and Visual & Performing Arts.
Sample Proposals
Sample Proposals from 2025–2026
Sample Proposal - Allison Pop
Sample Proposal - Ann Mitchell
Sample Proposal - Carlos Ramos
Sample Proposal - David Lehman
Sample Proposal - Douglas Britton
Sample Proposal - Elizabeth Orr
Sample Proposal - Julian DelGaudio
Sample Proposal - Laura Wheeler
Sample Proposal - Matt Lawrence
Sample Proposal - Stephanie Powell
Sample Proposal - Steven Wallech
Sample Reports
Sample Report - David Lehman
Sample Report - Matt lawrence
Sample Report - Kirsten Moreno
Sample Report - Nancy Mahan
Sample Report - Jesse Nason
Sample Report - Mary Marki
Sample Report - Carolyn_Castano
Article on Professor Carolyn Castaño’s Guggenheim Fellowship, which grew from her sabbatical: Long Beach City College Professor Receives Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Article by Professor Sean Dinces, part of his sabbatical work: The “Spirit of Revolt”: A Reappraisal of Black Veterans in Chicago’s Red Summer,” by Sean Dinces and Christopher Lamberti