Faculty Effort Certification Training

Faculty Effort Certification [FEC] is the time that faculty spend on instruction, research, administration, service, and clinical activity.

The Federal government requires signed documentation for faculty salary costs charged to grants and contracts and for cost sharing related to sponsored agreements. Sponsored agreements include grants and contracts.

Faculty Effort Certification (FEC) reports are quarterly or semi-annual forms faculty members complete to document their actual effort, both paid and cost shared, on grants and contracts. A faculty member receives an FEC if he/she is paid by the University of Washington and:

• Performs effort paid on Federal and Non-Federal sponsored projects, which include grants and contracts, and/or
• Performs cost sharing on Federal and Non-Federal sponsored projects, which include grants and contracts.

The purpose of the FEC is to certify that percentage distribution of pay is a reasonable reflection of actual effort.

• Faculty Effort Certification Website
• Faculty Effort [FEC] Online Training: Clinical Version [requires UW Net ID]
• Faculty Effort Certification [FEC] Online Training: Non-Clinical Version [requires UW Net ID]