External Professional Activities for Pay

UNC policy requires a Notice of Intent to Engage in External Professional Activities for Pay to be approved prior to an EPA employee beginning any compensated external activity involving his or her professional knowledge or skills.

EPA employees are able to complete a Notice of Intent on-line at http://epap.unc.edu which will be routed electronically to the appointing department chair for approval or disapproval. The following activities are exempt from reporting:

• Activities unrelated to the area(s) of scholarly expertise
• Activities for which no compensatin is received, even if travel is reimbursed
• Service to professional associations and learned societies
• Professional review or advisory panels
• Guest lectures, paper presentations, concerts, exhibits
• Reviewing or editing scholarly publications
• Accreditation bodies

For questions about policies and procedures governing external professional activities of faculty and other professional staff, please see the governing policy at http://www.unc.edu/campus/policies/external_activities.html or contact the SILS assistant dean for administration.