Meet with your Department Administrator to obtain and/or discuss information regarding:
- Your WUSTLKey
- Benefits
- Building access
- Campus card/Bear Bucks (Note: Bear Bucks may not work during the summer for those with nine-month appointments)
- Telephone service
- Parking & Transportation/ MetroLink U-Pass
- Faculty Financial Reporting
- Research Management System (RMS)
- Electronic Personnel Activity Reporting System (ePARS) access
- Internal controls certification
- Time & Labor Reporting approval
- Training and education programs (log-in via Learn@Work)
- Human and animal protocols
- Environmental Health & Safety
- Meeting with your faculty mentor. Learn more about McKelvey faculty development and mentoring here.
- Setting up your laboratory and managing your start-up funds
- Building your research team
- Students
- Postdocs and other research staff
- McKelvey support offices
- Contacting McKelvey Research Development & Administration to be added to mailing lists for funding opportunities and support
- Contacting the Institute for School Partnership to incorporate outreach activities/broader impacts into your research
- Preparing for tenure
- Planning for Sabbaticals and Leaves of Absence
Central Human Resources
Learn more about University-level HR policies and information.
Emergency Information
Sign up for WUSTL emergency alerts and learn more about emergency preparedness and programs on campus.
Hiring Laboratory Personnel
Read about SEAS hiring practices and policies as your research group grows and evolves.
McKelvey Human Resources
Locate McKelvey-specific HR policies and procedures.
Workday Login
Log in to the University’s HR and Finance system to view information such as your paycheck, leave, benefits enrollment, hiring tools, and award/fund data.
Award Financial Closeout
Guide for financial closeout of grants, contracts and cooperative agreements
Award Management
Resources for award management and closeout.
Managing awards involves negotiation and acceptance, account set up, and financial administration. Project closeout involves no-cost extension requests, financial closeout and final report submissions.
Canvas
Learn more about Washington University’s new Learning Management System.
Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning works with faculty from all schools at Washington University to design and evaluate evidence-based pedagogy. Also provides formalized training in effective teaching for graduate students and postdocs.
Central Human Resources
Learn more about University-level HR policies and information.
Chemistry Poster Printing Services
Offers several options for printing scientific posters for the University community.
Conflict of Interest
Disclosure of Financial and Research Conflicts of Interest.
Applicability: All faculty members with an academic appointment of instructor or higher, or any individual having independent responsibility for the design, conduct, or reporting of research.
Controlled Substances
Approval, acquisition, storage, and disposal of DEA-controlled substances used in laboratory and animal research
Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic
The WU Law School Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property (EIP) Clinic
The Clinic offers business and transactional legal advice and services to new and emerging nonprofit and qualifying for-profit organizations. Under the supervision of experienced transactional and intellectual property attorneys, student attorneys work directly with entrepreneurial organizations serving the community.
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
Explore training for lab safety protocols involving hazardous and regulated materials, equipment, and environment. Megan Flake is the McKelvey liaison with the staff from the EH&S department of the University.
Export Control
Information and Technology Sharing Regulations
Applies to transfer of technical information or controlled items to foreign nationals or across U.S. boundaries
Faculty Financial Reporting (FFR)
Budget reporting dashboard for faculty sponsored projects – enter via ONE
Log in with WUSTL Key.
Human Subjects Protection (IRB)
Resources, policies, and guidelines relating to all human subjects research, including, but not limited to, clinical and social/behavioral research
Institute for School Partnership
The Institute for School Partnership Designs and models strategic partnerships between K-12 institutions and Washington University that are focused on improving students’ development and success. Engineering faculty may contact Chris Mohr to discuss ideas for and incorporating broader impact and outreach into their proposals.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Guidelines and Tools for the appropriate, ethical and safe conduct of research involving vertebrate animals. Log in with WUSTL Key.
Institutional Biological and Chemical Safety
Oversight of research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids, infectious or potentially infectious agents, and/or hazardous chemicals
International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Catalyzes university-wide and external collaborative research and educational activities that seek solutions to grand challenges related to energy, the environment and sustainability.
Joint Research Office for Contracts
JROC
The mission of JROC is to provide high quality customer service to principal investigators, administrators, and sponsors by drafting, reviewing, negotiating and signing research-related agreements on a university-wide basis. JROC facilitates the timely execution of federal and foundation subawards and contracts, industry-supported research agreements, industry supported clinical trials, data transfers, service agreements, and other research-related agreements.
McKelvey Facilities Planning & Management
Your local contacts for laboratory and facility assistance.
Office for International Students and Scholars
WUSTL’s Office for International Students and Scholars enables international students and scholars to thrive academically and socially by meeting their unique needs and engaging them in American life and culture. Please contact your Department Administrator before contacting OISS.
Office of Research Education and Information (REI)
Resources and programming supporting the ethical conduct of research, compliance and research management.
Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS)
Proposals must be submitted through the OSRS for review and signature by an institutional official prior to submission to the funding agency.
Responsible for:
- Reviewing proposals prior to submission to funding agencies
- Establishing and maintaining accounts for funded projects
- Issuing outgoing subawards via the SUBSystem on SPA funds
- Reviewing and processing documents and letters for submission to funding agencies
Office of Technology Management
The Office of Technology Management assists members of Washington University in St. Louis in the transfer of technology to private companies for the benefit of society while generating income to support research and education.
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Explore University-wide research policies, procedures, operations, support infrastructure, and educational programs, including grant submissions, contract negotiation, export controls, the responsible conduct of research, etc.
Other Core Facilities and Resources
Search the Core Facilities database compiled by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
PERCSS
The PERCSS Core Curriculum features eight web-based learning modules in areas related to ethical and responsible conduct of research. The PERCSS Core Curriculum is available through Learn@Work.
Procurement On Sponsored Projects
Purchasing guidance for grants and contracts
Policies and procedures for procurement transactions involving all sponsored projects (federal and non-federal)
Purchasing Services
Find resources for the purchase of supplies, equipment and services. Please ensure that approved vendors are being used.
Radiation Safety
Safe and compliant use of radiation and radioactive materials for research, teaching and medical applications
Research Compliance Guide
Locate resources and expertise in support of Washington University’s culture of compliance
Research Development Office (RDO)
The Research Development Office guides faculty in the pursuit of research funding, the formation of cross-disciplinary science teams, and the development of collaborative research center proposals.
Melanie Roewe, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development & Contracts
Nicole Moore, Senior Director of Research Development
Catherine Determan, Research Development Project Manager/Funding Coordinator
Kurt Thoroughman, Faculty Fellow for Research Development
Mike Marcincowski, Research Development Associate
Summer Young, Senior Research Development Associate
Research Infrastructure Services
RIS provides research technology services including data storage, a scientific compute platform, research applications, and controlled unclassified information (CUI).
Responsible Conduct of Research
Professional and regulatory responsibilities so that researchers can practice scholarship and scientific investigation with integrity
For information about education requirements, see also the RCR Administrator’s Guide
Siteman Cancer Center Shared Resources (Cores)
These shared resources are available to all Siteman investigators to facilitate research. Available services include genome technology and engineering, biostatistics, informatics, imaging and proteomics.
Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines
Guidance on appropriate budgeting and expenditures of federal and non-federal sponsored funds directed toward research, training, or other purposes
Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA)
Financial intermediary between sponsors of research and Washington University in St. Louis investigators.
SPA is the primary source for interpretation of relevant rules, regulations and laws governing incurring, reimbursing and reporting costs under sponsored-research agreements.
Stem Cell Research
Oversight of human embryonic stem cell research and certain uses of human pluripotent stem cells
The Skandalaris Center
Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship
An interdisciplinary center striving to develop creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Washington University.
The Writing Center
The Writing center is a free service for all students, both graduate and undergraduate, currently enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis.
Washington University Libraries
The Washington University Libraries are a powerful network of academic resources featuring 12 libraries, vast print and electronic collections, and expert librarians whose first priority is helping students and faculty find the information they need.
WebFAC
WebFAC (web faculty access) is a web-based application that allows faculty, instructors, teaching assistants and advisors to perform two main functions: access course and roster information, and access advisee academic information.
WebSTAC
WebSTAC is a student’s access point to his/her academic record at Washington University in St. Louis.
Biology Facilities/Centers
The Biology Department has research facilities with capabilities that include imaging and plant growth.
Center for High Performance Computing
Offers users access to approximately 1,800 computing cores, 10TB of memory, and 19TFLOP/s of computing power. Additional features include high-speed networking, bulk storage, and technical support.
Chemistry Facilities
The Department of Chemistry offers mass spectrometry, glass, and machine shops, as well as a stockroom from which common laboratory supplies may be purchased.
Earth and Planetary Sciences Research Facilities
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has facilities offering microanalysis, planetary spectroscopy, and soil, water and plant analysis.
Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
ICTS offers research resources and services in a number of areas, including informatics, precision medicine, implementation science & entrepreneurship, and biostatistics, epidemiology & researchdesign.
International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Catalyzes university-wide and external collaborative research and educational activities that seek solutions to grand challenges related to energy, the environment and sustainability.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
MIR includes seven research laboratories and ten support facilities for the advancement of imaging technology and radiological analysis.
NIH/NIGMS Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource
Develops novel MS-based solutions to analytical challenges and provides service, collaboration, and training for MS-based characterization, identification, and quantification of all biomolecular classes extracted from in vitro and in vivo model systems.
Other Core Facilities and Resources
Search the Core Facilities database compiled by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Research Infrastructure Services
RIS provides research technology services including data storage, a scientific compute platform, research applications, and controlled unclassified information (CUI).
Siteman Cancer Center Shared Resources (Cores)
These shared resources are available to all Siteman investigators to facilitate research. Available services include genome technology and engineering, biostatistics, informatics, imaging and proteomics.
This list of suggestions is drawn from fellow faculty members and other University websites.
- Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise: Becoming a Successful Scholar in a Complex and Competitive Environment
By Kelvin K. Droegemeier - How to Start Your Own Lab: Eight Principal Investigators Share What They Wish They Knew
- Three keys to launching your own lab
Science - Survive and Thrive: A Guide for Untenured Faculty
By Wendy Crone - The Grant Writing Guide – A Road Map for Scholars
Betty S. Lai - Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful NIH Grant Application
By Otto Yang - Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing
by Patricia Goodson - Tomorrow’s Professor: Preparing for Careers in Science and Engineering
By Richard M. Reis - At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator
By Kathy Barker - Making the Right Moves
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research
The National Academies Press - Candid Advice for New Faculty Members
Marybeth Gasman