2020-2021 OATS Annual Certification of Outside Professional Activities

How to Certify and Submit an Annual Certification Report

• Summer Salary Information – applies to Academic Year (AY) Faculty and AY Specialists in CE
• Reporting NO Outside Professional Activities (OPA) – if you did not engage in OPA
• Reporting Category I, II, & III Outside Professional Activities (OPA) – if you engaged in OPA that required prior approval
  • UC Davis requires additional information to be included for the review of Category I prior approval requests. The additional information must be included or attached to the "Notes" section of your prior approval request in UC OATS, otherwise, the request will be returned and cause delays in the review process.  NOTE: there are three sections to the form. Everyone must complete Section 1 and either Section 2 and/or Section 3 depending on the activity/activities selected for prior approval.
    • APM 025 - Additional Information Requirements for Category I Prior Approval Requests for general campus faculty and Specialists in CE.
    • APM 671 - Additional Information Requirements for Category I Prior Approval Requests for health sciences compensation plan faculty.
• Reporting Category II & III Outside Professional Activities (OPA) – if you only engaged in OPA that did not require prior approval
• Instructions for Department Chairs and Associate Deans
• Instructions for Deans and Full-time Faculty Administrators

Helpful Tips

• APM 025 - Tips for Reporting Effort in UC OATS
• APM 671 - Tips for Reporting Effort in UC OATS

Instructions for Reviewers and Approvers

• Reviewers (department staff and deans’ office analysts) - Review of Annual Certification Reports
• Approvers (Chairs and Deans) - Review and Approve Annual Certification Reports

Be sure to check out the UC OATS APM 025 and APM 671 Resource pages.