Reminders for Department Faculty and Staff

Effort Reporting

1. At all times know the sources of your salary support and the percent efforts from each source
2. Notify Frank Harrell and Linda Stewart if the average effort devoted to a project over any 6-month period is not concordant with the funded % effort
3. Ask Bill Dupont or Linda Stewart if you have a question about how effort reporting is done

Grant Proposals

1. It is mandatory to include our IT/Professional Funds fee in all grant proposals other than certain K awards
2. Department members may only be named as a consultant on a grant if the PI on the grant is not at Vanderbilt
3. See GrantPolicies for other policies related to grant proposals

Data to Collect

1. See DataToCollect; especially note data to be kept current in dbconnect

Authorship

1. Department members are not to be named under Acknowledgements in a published paper except in special circumstances
2. See ManuscriptPolicies

Teaching Income

1. At least 55% of income for teaching must be used directly for salary support

Meetings for Biostatisticians