Faculty and staff resources

Human Resources

• FM New Hire Form (Updated 7/6/17)
• DFMPHS Organizational Chart (Updated 05/06/2025)
• Absence Request Process (Updated 04/01/2025)
• FM Hourly Employee Sign-in/Sign-out Process
• New Employee Onboarding

Please see the Wayne State HR webpage for further guidance. 

Research and Grants

Departmental Research Policy

• DFMPHS Procedures for Submission of Grants (Updated 06/25)

SOM and WSU Research Policies and Regulatory Compliance Information

• School of Medicine Research Policies
• Division of Research Innovation
• Sponsored Programs Administration
• Institutional Review Board

Identifying Grant Opportunities

• WSU GrantForward

Writing Grants

• Grant Writing Seminars at WSU
• NIH guidance with sample application
• NIH YouTube channel with webinars
  • Specific to grant writing for success: Grant Writing for Success or Writing an Effective "K" Application

Serving on Grant Review Committees

• NIH YouTube channel with webinars
  • Specific to serving on grant review committees: Mock Study Section
• Simplified Review Framework

How to Peer Review for Journals

• Public Library of Science Resources
• "How-to" article with reviewer checklists

Publication Resources

• Systematic Reviews
  • WSU Shiffman Library resources (includes guidance on systematic reviews and links to free software such as Covidence)
  • PRISMA Standards
• Case Reports
  • Publishing case reports
  • WSU Shiffman Library resources
  • CARE guidelines
• Quality Improvement
  • WSU Shiffman Library resources
  • SQUIRE standards and guidance

Grant Templates, Tools & Links

• Grant Budget Template
• Researcher's Dashboard User Manual
• Person Months Conversion Chart
• Cayuse FAQSs
• Requesting Access to NIH Commons
  • Existing NIH Commons Faculty
  • New Commons Registration

Project Management Resources

University Preferred/Quality Vendors

• Office Depot- general office supplies
• Fisher Scientific- research and lab supplies
• Alyko- lab coats and custom embroidery services 

Participant Compensation

• ClinCards: an option for recurring payments to participants that functions as a reloadable debit cards
  • Everything you need to know about ClinCards is here
• Gift Cards: you must complete this Request Form and send it to Michelle Holz for processing.
  • Allow 2 weeks for it to be returned from Fiscal Affairs and plan for the time it will take to receive them if you are purchasing physical gift cards.
  • You will also need to provide a gift card tracking form with your request. Example: Gift Card Tracking Form

Adobe Acrobat How-To 

• How to digitally sign any PDF document 
• How to add a .jpg signature into PDF document