How does the policy on effort certification affect my ability to participate in shared governance?
The effort certification policy may constrain the time that an academic staff member supported 100% on federal funding can participate in shared governance activities . You should check with your department, unit or college to find out what the current campus policy is. As part of the University’s stewardship responsibilities in managing extramural funds, effort time (as a percent of total time) must be certified for all individuals who receive salary support from a sponsored project or who expend committed effort on a sponsored project without receiving salary support from the sponsor. Faculty and academic staff certify their effort every six months. For more information regarding the effort certification policy, see http://www.rsp.wisc.edu/effort/index.html. There are links on this website to the University’s policy and guidelines for effort certification.
