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Effort

Updated: May 22, 2025

Created: December 18, 2020

Effort is a financial concept that you apply when writing a proposal and during award management. The Research Policy Handbook (RPH) and The Administrative Guide (AGM) provide extensive detailed guidance on this topic. 

Effort refers to the percentage of a person’s Stanford FTE (Full-Time Equivalence) allocated to a specific activity or project.  For faculty this includes teaching, research activities, and University citizenship and can never exceed 100%.

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