Appendix

Policies

• Policy for Postdoctoral Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania: http://www.med.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v51/n02/OR-postdoc.html
• Policies for Postdoctoral Appointments, Training and Education (revised 2010): http://www.med.upenn.edu/postdoc/documents/policies.pdf
• University's Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators (Revised 2009): http://www.upenn.edu/assoc-provost/handbook
• Postdoc Initial Appointment Checklist: http://www.med.upenn.edu/postdoc/UPENNSOMBiomedicalPostdoctoralProgramsAppointmentManualChapter4.shtml 
• Comptroller’s Guide for Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Appointments:
  http://www.finance.upenn.edu/comptroller/tax/appointments.shtml
• NRSA Stipend Levels: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-026.html
• Postdoctoral Insurance Plan Premiums: http://www.garnett-powers.com/upenn/rates2008.pdf

Letters

http://www.med.upenn.edu/postdoc/appointment.shtml

• Initial Appointment
• Reappointment
• Transfer Department (to be used when a postdoc transfer from one department to another during his/her appointment period)
• Terminal Appointment Year (5th Year)
• Termination

Forms

Forms 1-6 available on the Corporate Tax website: http://www.finance.upenn.edu/comptroller/forms/#Tax

1. I-9 Form (Employment Eligibility Verification)

2. W-4 Form (Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate)

3. Foreign National Information form

4. Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Appointment Information Form

5. Form 8233-Exemption for Withholding on Compensation for Independent Personal Services of a Nonresident Alien

6. Direct Deposit Form

7. Notice of Appointment of Personnel from Abroad-Note: Form not available online. Form is available from Office of International Programs.

8. PennCard Request Form: http://www.upenn.edu/penncard/

9. Postdoc Personal Data Form: http://www.med.upenn.edu/postdoc/documents/pdinfo.doc

10. School of Medicine Access Black Key Application (898-0197): http://www.med.upenn.edu/spo/forms.html

11. Patent Policy Participation Agreement Form: http://www.med.upenn.edu/postdoc/documents/participation.agreement.pdf