The Graduate School

1. Report by faculty and academic staff

Each spring semester, UW-Madison faculty and academic staff report outside activities and financial interests related to their field(s) of professional work at the UW-Madison to comply with federal, state, and University policy. Faculty and staff must submit reports even if the report only indicates no outside activities. Campus faculty and academic staff use a Web form to report. The report deadline, set by State law, is April 30 annually.

2. Review by department, units, colleges, schools, and divisions

Colleges, schools, divisions, departments, and units share responsibility for obtaining reports from all faculty and staff who are required to submit them and for reviewing reports. Web pages provide access to lists of individuals required to submit reports and password-protected access to reports without the need to handle or maintain paper forms. Reviewers contact individuals to resolve any completeness issues with reports. They may also address conflict of interest or conflict of committment issues with individuals. The target date for completion of reviews of Outside Activities Reports is May 31 annually.

3. Review by the Conflict of Interest Committee

The Conflict of Interest Committee reviews outside activities reports of faculty and academic staff and works to eliminate, minimize, or manage any actual or potential conflicts of interest identified by the reporting process.

4. Report updates by faculty and academic staff

Faculty and academic staff are responsible for updating their reports anytime there is a relevant change in their outside activities (e.g. new relationships with outside organizations or increased compensation for an on-going activity).