Courtesy Appointments

Courtesy Appointments are used for individuals affiliated with an SAS department to provide access to services during their relationship with that department.  Courtesy Appointments in SAS need to be approved by the SAS Dean's office. 

To submit a request for a Courtesy Appointment, Department Administrators or Sponsoring Faculty members can fill out the form here.

The PennKey Team will then work with the Dean's Office for approval of the Courtesy Appointment or to apply the appropriate affiliation for the situation.  Once the Courtesy Appointmenty is approved and added, PennKey Admins will update the requestor. At that time the Department can then fill out the PennCard form and the affiliate can then go the PennCard Center with two forms of ID to obtain their PennCard.

• Maximum Courtesy Appointment duration is one year.
• Courtesy Appointments need to be re-approved after expiration.
• Courtesy Appointments are not eligible for SAS Email accounts.

Early Access to PennERA

In cases where an incoming Faculty member is in need of accessing the PennERA system prior to thier affiliation being active in the system, SAS PennKey Admins can assist with providing a Research(RES) Affiliation for the duration needed. Requests for Early Access to PennERA need to be recieved from the Department Administrator or the Faculty member's supervisor.

To submit a request for Early Access to PennERA you can fill out the form here.

SAS PennKey Admins with work with the Faculty member to register their PennKey and establish their SAS Email account. Once set, the Faculty member will have access to PennERA under the Research affiliation until their Faculty affiliation is activated on their start date.

Other PennKey issues or questions

If you have are having a technical issue with your PennKey, you will want to reach out to your Local Support Provider.

If you have questions about PennKey access outside of the situations described above, please fill out the form here.