Significant Supporting Activities

Many faculty make substantial contributions outside their area of excellence. These activities are often of outstanding quality and importance but are in domains in which the quantity of the candidate's contribution is less than in the area of excellence. These significant supporting activities will supplement accomplishments in the area of excellence, allowing the sum total of an individual's achievements to be considered in the evaluation for promotion.

Administration and Institutional Service Metrics*

Activity	Examples of Metrics
	Service as director of a division, program or clinic in an affiliated institution Service on committees at affiliated institutions, such as the IRB, quality improvement committee, physicians' organization, trainee selection committees, or promotion/search committees Service on committees of the Faculty of Medicine such as admissions committees or Faculty Council Administrative management of a core laboratory or facility at Harvard or an affiliated institution Development of programs that create diversity by increasing the representation of women and minorities among our students, trainees or faculty
Recognition
	Awards recognizing administrative contributions Appointment to administrative leadership roles Invitations to educate peers about administrative methods and practices Consultant to other organizations in area of administrative expertise Leadership roles in professional societies related to administrative role Appointment to regional and/or national committees related to administrative roles, such as committees on diversity in medicine/biomedical science, health policy, or human subjects

Activity

Examples of Metrics

Service as director of a division, program or clinic in an affiliated institution

Service on committees at affiliated institutions, such as the IRB, quality improvement committee, physicians' organization, trainee selection committees, or promotion/search committees

Service on committees of the Faculty of Medicine such as admissions committees or Faculty Council

Administrative management of a core laboratory or facility at Harvard or an affiliated institution

Development of programs that create diversity by increasing the representation of women and minorities among our students, trainees or faculty

Recognition

Awards recognizing administrative contributions

Appointment to administrative leadership roles

Invitations to educate peers about administrative methods and practices

Consultant to other organizations in area of administrative expertise

Leadership roles in professional societies related to administrative role

Appointment to regional and/or national committees related to administrative roles, such as committees on diversity in medicine/biomedical science, health policy, or human subjects

* Only in rare cases will the achievements of an individual in a significant supporting activity be so exceptional that it is sufficient to serve as the major basis of the promotion. In such extraordinary cases, the requirements for both recognition and scholarship broadly defined will be applied as for areas of excellence. Such exceptions must be discussed in advance with the Office for Faculty Affairs.