UC OATS
The UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS) is an easy-to-use, web-based application through which university faculty members and specialists in cooperative extension can report outside activities and income, in accordance with UCOP conflict of commitment policies.
A brief introduction to UC OATS
Training
We recommend checking out the "APM 025 Resources" and the "APM 671 Resources" pages. There are several resources available for faculty who are identified as "Users" of UC OATS, department and deans' office staff identified as "Reviewers" in UC OATS, and Department Chairs/Associate Deans who are identified as "Approvers" in UC OATS.
What's New in UC OATS?
Navigate to the UC OATS Release Notes website where details are provided about the current release. Past UC OATS release notes are also available and listed below the most current release notes.
UC OATS Background
In April 2017, the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provosts of seven UC campuses endorsed a multi-campus collaboration for a system to facilitate tracking, review, and approval of faculty outside professional activities, related to the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) Conflict of Commitment policies: APM 025, APM 240, APM 246 and APM 671. All campuses were invited to submit a proposal to serve as the IT partner for this initiative. Read the official launch announcement here.
The proposal from DGIT, the IT office for the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, to leverage the University of California Outside Activity Tracking System (UC OATS) already in use by DGSOM Health Sciences faculty, was ultimately selected. UC Davis was chosen as the first campus at which the new system-wide version of UC OATS would be deployed, in fall 2018.
Visit the system-wide UC OATS project page for more information.