Working with GFDL
If you have accepted a position with GFDL or Princeton University’s Cooperative Institute for Climate Science, or plan to visit or collaborate with GFDL (locally or remotely), there are several steps you need to take to secure access to the GFDL buildings and/or obtain a computer account.
Please review the requirements below and complete the necessary forms. Please do not send materials via email as they may contain sensitive personally identifiable information (PII). Instead, all forms must be faxed to 609-452-5395 or sent via express or regular mail to:
GFDL In-Processing
Forrestal Campus, Princeton University
201 Forrestal Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
If you have any questions as you work through this process, please call our Administrative Services department at 609-452-6524.
If you wish to transmit materials to us via encrypted email, please send us your email address via facsimile at the number listed above and we will invite you into the Department of Commerce’s Accellion Secure File Transfer system, through which this material may be lawfully transmitted.
If You Are A…
Short Term Visitor (3 days or less)
- You will need to bring a government issued photo ID (Passport, Driver’s License, etc.) or university ID to gain access to the building.
If you are a Foreign National you will also need the following:
- Complete sections 1-6c of the foreign national visitor form and fax it along with a copy of your passport to 609-452-5395 at least 24 hours before your visit. Please do not email these documents. Upon arrival, a government issued photo ID (Passport, Driver’s License, etc.) is needed to gain access to the building.
- Please have your GFDL Federal sponsor contact GFDL Administrative Services Offices to coordinate your visit.
Short Term Visitor (between 4 and 180 days)
- Security Coversheet
- Access Request Form (if applicable)
- Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306)
- Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprint Cards will be mailed to individuals)
- Submit ALL forms no later than 60 days in advance of your arrival
If you are a Foreign National you will also need the following:
- Appendix C
- Please have your GFDL Federal Sponsor contact Administrative Services to complete an Endorsement Supplement Form
- Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306)
- Foreign Visitor Form
- Please fax all form to 609-452-5395. Do not email forms
- Submit ALL forms no later than 90 days in advance of your arrival
AOS Grad Student / Post-Doc / Princeton Intern
- Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306)
- Security Coversheet
- Access Request Form
- Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprint Cards will be mailed to individuals)
- Submit ALL forms no later than 60 days in advance of your arrival
If you are a Foreign National you will also need the following:
- Appendix C
- Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306)
- Please have your GFDL Federal Sponsor contact Administrative Services to complete an Endorsement Supplement Form
- Foreign Visitor Form
- Please fax all form to 609-452-5395. Do not email forms
- Submit ALL forms no later than 90 days in advance of your arrival
Contractor Employee and Remote User (not requiring building access)
- Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306)
- Security Coversheet
- Access Request Form
- Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprint Cards will be mailed to individuals)
- Note: Additional forms may be required for higher level background investigation.
- Submit ALL forms no later than 60 days in advance of your arrival
If you are a Foreign National you will also need the following:
- Appendix C
- Please have your GFDL Federal Sponsor contact Administrative Services to complete an Endorsement Supplement Form
- Foreign Visitor Form
- Declaration of Federal Employment (OF-306)
- Please fax all form to 609-452-5395. Do not email forms
- Submit ALL forms no later than 90 days in advance of your arrival
Federal Employee
- Access Request Form
- Submit ALL forms no later than 30 days in advance of your arrival