Scholarship/Research
1. Contracts, Fellowships, and Selected Grants [MANUAL ENTRY]
IMPORTANT – Grants, supported research, and some internal funding that are submitted through the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) are automatically uploaded to DM from WVU+kc/ERA. The Manual Entry section is only for funding/sponsorship that does not go through OSP and WVU+kc/ERA. Please update as necessary or “ADD NEW” to create a new entry and add relevant information. If the contract, fellowship, or grant was funded, the award letter must be uploaded.
REQUIRED – Please ensure that the information is correct for the time-period under review. If the information is not correct, please update as necessary or “ADD NEW” for new entries and add relevant information. At a minimum the Required information is “Type”, “Title”, “Sponsoring Source”, “Awarding Organization” and the “Investigators” section. In addition, please complete the “Date Submitted for Funding”, “Type of Grant”, “Total Project Start Date” and “Total Project End Date”. Upload the proposal as “1st Supporting Document”. Fill out “Current Status” and “Amount (Award Total) and the “Total Budget (All Years) for Your Part of this Project (Direct Costs)”. The direct costs refer to the to the portion of the funding that goes directly to you. If the proposal was funded, you must upload the “Award Letter” as well as enter the “Start Date of Funding” and the “End Date of Funding”.
IMPORTANT – Please include entries for proposals that have been funded, have been submitted but are pending, and/or were declined during the reporting period.
IMPORTANT – An end date on all continuing grants should be entered by you or they will not show up on your FPR.
2. Proposals Imported from WVU+kc/ERA and Awards Imported from WVU+kc/ERA [IMPORTED ENTRIES]
REQUIRED – If you have/had any grants and/or sponsored research, please ensure that the information is correct for the time-period under review. If the information is not correct, please update as necessary or contact their Digital Measures Administrator.
3. Publications, Research, and Intellectual Contributions
REQUIRED – If you published in the reporting year, please ensure that the information is correct for the time-period under review. If the information is not correct, please update as necessary or “ADD NEW” to create a new entry and fill in the relevant information. A copy of the publication must be uploaded to DM under “Supporting Document” as evidence or a working link to the publication under “Web Address” must be included for the publication to count.
REQUIRED – Add an entry for each publication in a peer-reviewed, archived journal that was published in the reporting year. Include “Publication/Contribution Type”, “Current Status”, “Title of Contribution”, “Authors/Editors/Translators”, “Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher”, “Volume”, “Issue Number/Edition”, “Page Numbers”, and “Number of Pages”. The remaining text boxes may be completed by you, if applicable. Under “Description/Abstract/Synopsis” of the publication and a brief statement of your role in the paper should be included. The appropriate “Date” for each step should be completed, if applicable.
IMPORTANT – As a “Publication/Contribution Type” moves from “In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted” to “Published” please update the status accordingly. Depending upon your college/school/department guidelines you may be credited for specific results/outputs. If you are an assistant professor seeking promotion to associate professor with the award of tenure, publications that are unequivocally accepted for publication or are “in press” will be counted in your faculty evaluation file. Evidence of the acceptance must be uploaded to DM. If you are seeking promotion to professor, your publications must be published either online or in hard copy.
4. Intellectual Property (e.g., copyrights, patents)
REQUIRED – If you were granted any copyrights or patents, please ensure information is correct for the time-period under review. If the information is not correct, please update as necessary or “ADD NEW” to create a new entry and add relevant information. Under “Supporting Document” a copy of the awarded copyright or patent must be uploaded as supporting evidence.
5. Presentations
REQUIRED – For all presentations given by you, please ensure that the information is correct for the time-period under review. If the information is not correct, please update as necessary or “ADD NEW” to create a new entry. The “Presentation Type”, “Presentation Title”, “Meeting Type”, “Conference/Meeting Name”, “Sponsoring Organization”, and “Location” should be completed along with “Was this peer-reviewed/refereed?” and “Invited or Accepted”. For invited presentations, please upload your invitation (i.e. email) as documentation under “File”. You are NOT REQUIRED to upload the presentation to Digital Measures.
6. IRB Protocols Imported from WVU+kc/ERA
IRB protocols will automatically be uploaded to DM from WVU+kc/ERA. IRB protocols are also included in FPRs, however, you can choose to exclude these records from their reports.