University of Washington
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
UW Guidelines on Consulting
Here is my best interpretation of the basic rules:
- When you are being paid at the 100% level through the UW
payroll system -- whether this money is coming from the state
budget (typically during the academic year) or from a grant
(typically during the summer), you are allowed to spend at most
20% of your time in outside activities for compensation
("consulting").
This means "20% of the total hours you work" rather than "one
day per week" or "8 hours per week" or "anything beyond 80% of
40 hours per week."
(In other words, you can't give UW 80% of 40 hours per week and
consult for an additional 48 hours per week -- if you choose to
work 80 hours per week, you can spend at most 16
hours consulting.)
- During a period when you are off the payroll, you can of course
do anything you like.
- All outside activities for compensation are subject
to prior approval.
- In addition, all outside activities for compensation
must be reported annually.
- And all outside activities for compensation
are subject to conflict of interest policies.
The most relevant parts of the Faculty Code (contained in the
University of Washington Handbook) include:
- Vol. IV,
Part V, Ch. 6, Sect. 2, "Outside Consulting Activities"
- Vol. IV,
Part V, Ch. 6, Sect. 3, "Procedures"
- Vol. IV,
Part V, Ch. 6, Sect. 4, "Annual Report"
- Vol. IV,
Part V, Ch. 6, Sect. 6, "Involvement with Commercial Enterprise, Deeper
than Consulting"
- Vol. IV,
Part V, Ch. 7, Sect. 1, "Patent and Invention Policy"
- Vol. IV,
Part V, Ch. 7, Sect. 2, "Copyright Policy"
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