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This is a guide to help you determine what fits in each category of each activity type. The activity types below are meant to capture all activities relevant to UGA faculty members. Requests for new activity types should be made through your unit's Administrative Liaison.

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Publications

Publication/Scholarly Work Type	Examples of items that fit this category
Abstract	Published summary of a talk, poster, or other contribution, usually at a meeting
Book	Published book (relationship = author of, editor of, contributor to, translator of)
Book review	Published review of a book written by another author
Catalog	Collection of exhibited works
Chapter	Contribution in a book or collection
Composition	Published musical compositions
Dance	Artistic contributions in the area of dance (e.g., performance, choreography)
Dataset	Published datasets
Design	Artistic contributions in the area of design (e.g., print, fashion, landscape architecture, interior, planning)
Encyclopedia article	Entry written for inclusion in an encyclopedia
Exhibited art	Artistic contributions in the area of exhibited art (e.g., painting, sculpture, other media)
FAR export	Clearinghouse for FAR pubs that defied classification (user should redefine type)-these activities should be moved to other types. This is only a temporary holding place.
Film/Video/Media	Artistic contributions in the area of film, video, or other media
Instructional material	Development of Lab manuals, Instructor's manuals, Study guides, and Training materials
Internet publication	Published work online that does not fall under other publication categories such as journals
Journal article	Published work in a periodical
Monograph	A non-serial, specialist work of writing on a single subject typically written by one author. Monographs are often presented at great length which distinguishes them from journal articles. In biological taxonomy, a monograph is a comprehensive treatment of a taxon. Art monographs consist of reproductions of works of art by a single artist. Drug monographs consists of standards that describe a finished drug, drug ingredient, or food chemical.
Music	Artistic contributions in the area of music (e.g., performance, direction, composition)
Patents	Published patents from database searches (UGA IP in Technology Commercialization)
Performance art	Artistic contributions in the area of performance art (e.g., in gallery)
Popular press	Published work in newspaper, magazine, newsletter, or other non-academic or non-scholarly medium
Poster	Poster presented at scholarly/professional meeting/conference
Proceedings of conference (published)	Published proceedings of a conference presentation
Professional/Scholarly presentation (unpublished)	Presenter at a seminar or conference on research or scholarly work
Recognition/Reproduction of my work	Published recognition or reproduction of original work
Report	Published reports, scholarly, research, or technical
Review of my work	Published review of original work
Software/Code	Published programs/apps (research, teaching, scholarship)
Theatre	Artistic contributions in the area of theatre (e.g., production, direction, performance)
Thesis/Dissertation	Authored thesis or dissertation
Visual design	Creation of design work
Working paper	A preliminary scientific paper to share ideas about a topic that may be cited as peer-reviewed

Teaching Activities

Teaching Activity Type	Examples of items that fit this category
Course developed	Development of substantial materials for use as course content
Course taught	Formal courses taught at UGA (from Athena); additional fields to enter Additional course characteristics and Pedagogical highlights.
Non-UGA course taught	Formal course taught elsewhere, either prior to or during UGA employment
Guest teaching	Participation in a course, whether at UGA or not. (If not part of a formal course, use the Professional Activity Educational/Outreach presentations). Types of involvement include: (critic, curator, lecturer, observer, panelist, reviewer, speaker, workshop leader)
Program developed	Develop major portions of an entire program
Student academic advising	Advising students toward degree objectives, course selection, and program of study
Student/Postdoc supervision	Supervision of graduate students and trainees participating in thesis and doctoral committees, engaged in formal supervised research, scholarship, creative and teaching activities, or participating in an internship
Tutoring	Tutoring pre-collegiate to professional students

Grants

Grant Activity Type	Examples of items that fit this category
Sponsored project	Sponsored activities through the Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) (from authoritative source)
Other funding	Additional sponsored activities not managed by Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)
Foundation/Endowment gift/income	Gift and other (various) income held mostly in foundation accounts and tracked through eResearch Portal in Office of Research. This revenue is not normally considered sponsored funding.

Professional Activities

Professional Activity Type	Examples of items that fit this category
Administrative effort	Serve as an administrator with a formal administrative assignment (Heads, Deans, Directors, Chairs, Clinical administrators, Co-administrators and Coordinators)
Broadcast interview	Participate as an interviewee or interviewer for TV, online content, etc.
Clinical service	Provide clinical services in various settings, such as health center, veterinary clinic, pharmaceutical consultation, psychology clinic
Congressional testimony	Testify at congressional hearing, panel, etc.
Consulting	Provide advisory or consulting services to outside group/agency/government/company
Distinctions/Award	Recipient of an award, honor, title at various levels of recognition
Editorship	Service as editor of journal, book series, popular press over an extended period
Educational event	Serve as a leader or participant in a non-coursework related educational event
Educational/Outreach presentation	Conduct a presentation/lecture as outreach/public service to schools, governments, civic groups, etc. (For guest lectures in formal courses, use the Teaching Activity "Guest teaching")
Employee supervision	Supervise non-student employees (staff) as part of professional duties
Event administration	Participate as an event organizer, coordinator, chair, committee member
Event judging	Participate as a judge or referee for event
Event participation	Participate in an event, without taking administrative role
Expert witness	Provide expert testimony at trial, agency review, etc.
Extracurricular advising/mentoring	Participate in Career/Club advising, Coaching, Informal mentoring or Informal research advising, etc.
Gift & fund development	Participate in donor fundraising activity
Institution/Program review	Participate in assessment, review, accreditation of a department, program, or an entire institution
Legal brief	Participate in drafting or arguing an appellate legal brief
Library/Archive/Museum services	Participate in a number of service activities as faculty in UGA Libraries and the Georgia Museum of Art
Marketing/Public relations	Design/create materials for marketing and/or PR
Membership: Association/Society/Club	Membership in a professional association, society, group, or club
Membership: Board	Membership on a board (advisory, executive, etc.)
Membership: Committee	Membership on a committee at multiple levels (department to international)
Media distribution	Disseminate materials regarding programs, initiatives, services, etc.
Print interview	Participate as an interviewee or interviewer for a magazine, newspaper, journal, etc.
Professional development	Participate in activity for the purpose of your own professional development. Ex of Activity types: Conference; Continuing Ed Program; Educational/Professional leave; Fellowship; Internship; Self-study program; Seminar; Tutorial; Workshop; Other
Professional mentoring (non-student)	Mentor non-student professional (e.g., new faculty on sabbatical with you, business colleague)
Project (e.g., applied research/instructional initiatives)	Provide professional effort toward a specific project
Promotion/tenure assessment	Conduct a review and assessment of faculty for promotion/tenure at UGA or elsewhere
Recruitment	Participate in recruiting at various levels (volunteers, students, faculty, staff, etc.)
Reviewing/Refereeing: Conference	Serve as a reviewer or referee for a conference or conference prospectus
Reviewing/Refereeing: Curriculum	Serve as a reviewer or referee for a curriculum or curriculum proposal
Reviewing/refereeing: Grant	Participate on review panel, study section, advisory group to evaluate grant proposals
Reviewing/Refereeing: Journal	Act as reviewer/referee of submissions to a journal/periodical
Reviewing/Refereeing: Manuscript (other than journal)	Act as reviewer/referee of manuscripts (other than journals) (e.g., for a scholarly press)
Technical assistance	Provide expert assistance to clients (e.g., through extension, outreach)
Technology commercialization (ON HOLD)	Work with UGA Innovation Gateway on development of intellectual property (e.g., licensing, patents, etc.)
Workload summary	Effort (in EFT) in various areas (instruction, research, etc.) assigned to various units for each FY (from authoritative source)

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