Effort Statement Certification

All employees receiving compensation from a sponsored project, having committed effort on a sponsored project, or spending time/effort towards a sponsored project, will be required to have an Effort Statement certifying their effort.

PI's/Project Directors are responsible for understanding the effort certification requirements of the projects for which they apply, or for which they are otherwise awarded funding. They are responsible for certifying the effort of staff (non-faculty) paid from each sponsored project and any faculty with commitments to a sponsored project but not paid from any sponsored FOP.

• Other faculty paid from a sponsored project must certify their own effort.
• TTUHSC requires effort to be certified quarterly.
• An adjustment on the effort statement of greater than +/- 2% or $500 on any individual line requires that a Labor Redistribution be submitted to correct the individual's payroll and align payroll with effort.
• All employees involved in certifying effort must understand that severe penalties and funding loss could result from inaccurate, incomplete, or untimely effort reporting.

The Research Integrity Office will assist with the certification process and monitor to ensure all effort statements are certified and processed according to the timeline.

For more information on effort certification, please see HSC OP 65.07.

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