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Community Connect UW: Primary location for finding opportunities and sharing opportunities in the ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcommunity. Check back often for new postings and as new Community-Engaged courses and educational activities are added.

: Find and start ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell student groups for community-engaged activities. Students from other campuses may attend as guests or visitors to some events hosted by Bothell student groups, but the group members generally need to be from ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell. Student organizations are financially supported by student payments from their own campus, so the participation benefits need to stay with the students who are paying for them.

: Find and start ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle student groups for community-engaged activities. Students from other campuses may attend as guests or visitors to some events hosted by Seattle student groups, but the group members generally need to be from ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle. Student organizations are financially supported by student payments from their own campus, so the participation benefits need to stay with the students who are paying for them.

: Find and start ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma student groups for community-engaged activities. Students from other campuses may attend as guests or visitors to some events hosted by Tacoma student groups, but the group members generally need to be from ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma. Student organizations are financially supported by student payments from their own campus, so the participation benefits need to stay with the students who are paying for them.

: A starting point for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell students to learn more courses, research, and other community-engaged opportunities available to ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell students.

: A dedicated center for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle students to cultivate leadership and community engagement in their educational journey. This webpage also links to courses, scholarship and fellowships, internships, and degree information. Some community-engaged research opportunities are linked through the CELE page (primarily through the Mary Gates Scholarships), but most research opportunities are posted through departmental webpages or for undergraduates in the Office of Undergraduate Research.

: Students can find community-engaged courses and research opportunities throughout ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma but there is not a campus-specific resource that focuses on learning and research. The Center for Student Involvement has volunteer opportunities and other extracurriculars. Students should check ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma departmental webpages for more information on community-engaged courses and research for those programs.

: Resources for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell students receiving need-based scholarships and aid. Additional financial and tax resources are provided by Student Fiscal Services (see below).

ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle: Student Financial Aid: Resources for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle students receiving need-based scholarships and aid. Additional financial and tax resources are provided by Student Fiscal Services (see below).

: Resources for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma students receiving need-based scholarships and aid. Additional financial and tax resources are provided by Student Fiscal Services (see below).

Links to the Forms for Increase in Aid Requests: Links to the forms used by undergraduate and graduate students who have had a change in financial situation and are requesting a raise to the amount of need-based payments they can receive. See Student Payments resources for more information on the different payment thresholds for need-based payments and calculated cost of attendance which may impact student participation in paid community-engaged activities.

: Supporting students at all ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcampuses, Student Fiscal Services provides the billing, payment, tax reporting, and an initial point of contact for payment questions through Student Accounts. If students are receiving need-based payments, they should initially contact the aid/scholarship office for their specific campus (see above) and contact Student Fiscal Services for finance questions that are not about need-based payments.

: Additional tax information and resources for students, including information on ITINs, international taxes, and more. Students should also look at Student Fiscal Services (see above), which is the primary resource for all ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstudents.

: Information here, including taxes, is specific for payments for student positions that are paid through ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºPayroll. International students can find tax information on other types of payments through their campus’ International Student Services, Student Fiscal Services, and ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTax Office (all in the ‘Links for Students’ on this webpage).

Center for International Relations & Cultural Leadership Exchange: CIRCLE is a hub for connecting ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºinternational students with domestic opportunities and domestic students with international opportunities, focusing on the global connections that make ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstudents thrive at school and in their future. Besides support for students, CIRCLE has a large knowledge base and network of support services and partnerships that can support community engagement activities.

: For international students with visas sponsored by ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell or attending ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell. Meet with advisors to learn which paid and unpaid community-engaged activities can be participated in, applying for an SSN, and for tax reporting resources. For additional tax resources, see links listed above in the ‘Payment, Aid, and Taxes’ section.

: For international students with visas sponsored by ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle or attending ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle. Meet with advisors to learn which paid and unpaid community-engaged activities can be participated in, applying for an SSN, and for tax reporting resources. For additional tax resources, see links listed above in the ‘Payment, Aid, and Taxes’ section.

: For international students with visas sponsored by ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle or attending ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle. Meet with advisors to learn which paid and unpaid community-engaged activities can be participated in, applying for an SSN, and for tax reporting resources. For additional tax resources, see links listed above in the ‘Payment, Aid, and Taxes’ section.

: Resources for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell students, including students of all residential and documentation statuses, while they are finding paid and unpaid community-engaged opportunities.

: Resources for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle students, including students of all residential and documentation statuses, while they are finding paid and unpaid community-engaged opportunities.

: Resources for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma students, including students of all residential and documentation statuses, while they are finding paid and unpaid community-engaged opportunities.

: Link to form with policy information around outside work and other time commitments which could impact ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºwork or make a conflict of interest. Form completion may be needed for some community engagement activities when it is not a part of normal job duties or the ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºemployee is being paid/given anything for participation.

Academic Employees Outside Work Form: Link to form for faculty, librarians, and academic employees with policy information (including ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºMed) around outside work and other time commitments which could impact ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºwork or make a conflict of interest. Form completion may be needed for some community engagement.

: All staff in contract or union positions should check the requirements for their duties, absences, and outside payments vs. additional/excess compensation before agreeing to community engagement activities related to their ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºposition. .

A starting place and administrative authority for all things academic personnel and faculty related, including contact information, policy and process supports, and links to campus specific resources.

Faculty Senate & Governance: Code, regulations, rights, and responsibilities for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºFaculty that inform the community engagement activities for faculty at Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºemployees should use this webpage and follow the process for making a Contingent Worker entry in Workday for community partners. The criteria at the top of the page are intended for all staff readers but the instructions below are for staff with HR security roles to complete the business process in Workday.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºemployees and programs will work with Management, Accounting and Analysis for approval and management of external work bringing in revenue to their program.

: Find out what type of food purchasing is allowable with your money source with links to Food Approval Forms and other resources.

: EH&S guidance and policies to minimize risk for your attendees and program hosting the event. Follow links for Banquet Permits if your event will have alcohol.

Ordering ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBranded Products: Use these supplies for orders of products with ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºlogos and branding, a popular option for participation incentives. These suppliers are contracted through ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºProcurement Services. Contact Procurement Services (pcs@uw.edu) for questions about products not provided by these listed suppliers and for possible diverse suppliers for your needed products.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºProcurement Services (PCS) prioritizes diverse purchasing. This webpage is a collection of their resources and process for ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprograms to increase diverse spending, supporting community engagement. Check these resources often for updates and contact PCS for assistance with diverse spending.

: Process needed for payments to community partners over $10,000 for goods, services, reimbursable business expenses, and subrecipient funding for ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºresearch sponsored programs.

: Access the request forms through the menu and navigate to the forms needed to support work with community partners, such as creating customer and supplier profiles in Workday. This is an internal ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºwebpage and requires ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºnetid sign-in.

: The most commonly used pathway for payments to individuals participating in community-engagement. This pathway is used for a broad range of service compensations, awards and stipends (academic payments to non-ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstudents and non-academic payments to ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstudents), and reimbursements to non-employees. This page gives more information on determining if the payment should go through miscellaneous payments and what the process is for creating the miscellaneous payee profile in Workday before payment (including information on required tax IDs and tax reporting).

: A policy resource and instruction guide for payments to foreign nationals receiving payment from UW.

: A policy resource and instruction guide for all activities and payments to foreign nationals receiving payment from ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºwhile in the US.

: Instructions and form links for ACH, wire, check, and cash deposits. Note: cash deposit instructions are different for each ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcampus and programs need to receive approval in advance for collecting cash deposits.

: Instructions from Student Fiscal Services on setting up ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprogram funds for disbursal, including grant funding, for student scholarships and other Student Account payments.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell’s office to support their programs. ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell researchers should still use Office of Research webpages and resources listed in this section.

ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle (and Tri-Campus): Office of Research: Homepage for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºOffice of Research, providing comprehensive research, grant, sponsored program, training, and reporting support for all ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcampuses and divisions.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma’s office to support their programs. ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma researchers should still use Office of Research webpages and resources listed in this section.

ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºResearch Training Overview: Required and optional training for research supervisors, contributors, and supporting ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstaff.

Collaborative for Research Education: Developed curricular sequence of training courses and ad hoc instruction for research supervisors, contributors, and administrative staff working with grants and sponsored programs.

Office of Research: Funding Opportunities: Funding available for ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºresearch projects, including links for internal and external funding, opportunities for students, and the process for limited submission applications.

Gift Funded Research: Instructional resources for research using gift money rather than grant or traditional sponsored program funding.

After-the-Fact Awards: For sponsored programs (not always research) when funding is given to the ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprogram without a proposal being submitted with ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºapproval to the sponsor. This normally happens in community engagement activities when another institution or foundation gives funds to a ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprogram for specific activities that are mutually beneficial to both. Since the funds must be used on a specific thing, this would not be a gift.

Sponsored Program or Gift: Decision guide for determining if the relationship between ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºand the paying partner is a sponsored program or a gift/donation, plus additional resources and policies for gift funded research.

Sponsored Program or Service: Decision guide for determining if the relationship between ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºand the paying partner is a sponsored program or a service agreement.

Agreement Types: A helpful guide to picking the correct type of documentation and process depending on the situation and risk/responsibility level of the relationship between ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºand the community partner.

Carefully review the MOU guidance when making an MOU so ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºis not bound to terms that should not be in that type of an agreement.

Non-Award Agreement: Some community partnerships may require an agreement that is in anticipation of future resource commitments in sponsored awards. 

: Overview of licensing pathways that may be a part of community partnerships when using ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºinnovations.

Intellectual Property: A collection of all the training, resources, and policies for intellectual property (IP) from before the start of a project to any IP that is created by the activities between ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºand the external partner.

: Required for Federal contracts over $900,000. See ‘ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºProcurement Services’ Diverse Purchasing Resources’ section above for more information.

: Instructions for payments, includes method lists and tax reporting instructions.

: A comprehensive guide to planning subject payments, including ethical considerations and laws/policies which impact planning payments.

Office of Research: International Research: Policies and processes specific to international research, including payments to international research subjects.

ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºAdvancement In-Kind Gifts: This page is information for donors, but useful for programs planning possible gifts. Follow these instructions for gifts of materials and equipment from community partners. Remember that equipment and items over $5,000 are and work with Equipment Inventory Office (EIO) to enter them into Workday.

: Work with your unit’s ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºAdvancement staff to document and recognize the loan, then follow the EIO on this webpage for instructions on this temporary acquisition, including insurance, if needed.

: Search for opportunities on this webpage or reach out to your unit’s CFO contact directly.

See ‘Research Training and Support’ section for links on how to pick the correct agreement type, After-the-Fact Awards, and Non-Award Agreements.

Instructions for determining if the work relationship between ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºand an individual is employee/employer or customer/independent contractor.

: Required training for all ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºemployees involved with purchasing or the decision making to spend or manage money at UW. Contact your unit’s administrative staff before training to see if they have a process for documenting and tracking your training completion.

Use the instructions and linked DPA-SCC Decision Tool to see if the activity with the community partner requires a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) or a Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) document. 

HIPPA: Training and policies for staff and faculty working with healthcare records or information that is considered a healthcare record. This may be helpful for ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºemployees to know what information can and cannot be shared with community partners when healthcare information is being used in engagement activities.

: Training and policies for staff and faculty working with educational records or information that is considered an educational record. This may be helpful for ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºemployees to know what information can and cannot be shared with community partners when ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstudents are participating in engagement activities.

Office of Youth Protection Coordinator: ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºresources to design programming for youth, including training, resources to mitigate risk, safety of minors, and ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºpolicies.

: Provide to a community partner as requested. Information about ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºlimited liability terms and coverage, as well as additional liability available for ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcommunity members and property.

Personal Release Form for Media: Prepare for any photos or video of activities with community partners with the required personal release forms.

: Sample forms and waivers for all the situations which would need risk planning and management in ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºsponsored activities.

: Follow these instructions for sending payments to ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºfor scholarship, fellowship, and internship payments that should go directly to the enrolled ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºstudent without any other administrative or activity related payment to a supervising ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprogram. If the student is enrolled in a fee-based program, they may give you a different invoice contact and instructions.

: Community partners can sign-up for UW’s business directory for faster identification as a goods or service provider when ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºProcurement is searching suppliers for emerging campus needs.

: Links to UW’s posted calls for bids on new contracts, including the solicitations which are posted by Washington’s Department of Enterprise Services.

: A complete collection of the current instructions and helpful resources for businesses and individuals who will be providing goods and services to any ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcampus or location. New Suppliers are encouraged to attend the onboarding and orientation sessions (see sign-up links on the webpage) and reach out to ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºProcurement with the contact instructions given on the webpage with questions.

: Foster’s Consulting and Business Development Center offers more focused support for businesses and non-profits through Foster’s students and faculty. This page lists current opportunities.

: Organizational consultation for community partners from Evans’ Master of Public Administration students.

ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºOffice of Corporate & Foundation Relations: UW’s dedicated office to connect corporations and foundations to the scholars and researchers at ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºfor projects, partnerships, and more.

Community Engagement Knowledge Hub: The webpage for community partners to see a collection of ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprograms focused on community engagement in collaborations and relationships. This page also has many ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle program and department links which are not otherwise collected and shared on a central webpage. Community partners can also look at ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle department webpages to see their community engagement opportunities.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºBothell’s resources for community partnerships with their campus and programs.

ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºSeattle: Office of Regional & Community Relations: Information and resources for partnerships in the Seattle-metro and into other Washington regions. Additional information on UW’s external relations and efforts through the Office of External Affairs.

: ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma’s resources for community partnerships with their campus and programs.

: Washington’s educational support hub for small businesses in the state.

: Additional resources and support for the very small businesses (microenterprises) in Washington state.

: Washington’s Associate Development Organizations (ADOs) give regionally focused support to growing businesses in Washington.

:ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºcommunity partners may find funding or other capital resources through Washington state.

: A business registration opportunity for eligible community partners to promote visibility with ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºpurchasing needs.

: A business registration opportunity for eligible community partners to promote visibility with ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºpurchasing needs and also a requirement for some ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºpurchasing, such as larger Federal contracts.

Being a ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºResearch Participant: Information on being a research participant in ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprograms. Also look at individual departments and programs for posted opportunities

: Federal guidance for research participants to support them before, during, and after participation.