BRET Student Financials

• For students that are moving in from out of state, please be sure to update your personal information in Oracle to your Tennessee address AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to avoid having another state's taxes taken out.
  *Oracle Quick Reference Guide: Accessing Your Personal Information
• If you receive an email requesting for you to complete an I9 form, please do so ASAP in order for you to be hired into your position on time. Failing to do so could delay your start date.

For reference purposes, students funded by training grants or fellowships, 1st-year rotation students, and 2nd-year International students are typically paid as Graduate Student Trainees. Students paid by other grants and/or faculty funds are typically paid as Graduate Student Research Assistants. There can be exceptions to this, though. If you have questions about how you are paid, please email studentpay.bret@vanderbilt.edu.

• How do I set up direct deposit?
  Graduate students can now submit/update their direct deposit information in Oracle. Go to "Me", "Pay", then "Payment Methods". Once there, you can either add a new account or edit your current direct deposit information. Please allow one to two payroll cycles for the update to be reflected. Instructions for managing payroll direct deposit accounts in Oracle are available here. For more information, please visit the Direct Deposit of Pay HR webpage.
• What is a W4 form? How do I submit my W4?
  Per the IRS, the W4 form (Employee's Withholding Certificate) is used for your employer to withhold the correct federal income tax from your pay. You may find more information on the IRS webpage about the W4 form.
  The Form W-4 should be completed online as soon as possible following your hire date. Please do not email this document to the HR team. Instructions for managing Form W-4 information within the Pay module of Oracle are available via the Oracle Help Center and/or here.
• What is an I9 form? How do I submit I9 information?
  The I9 form is the Employment Eligibility Verification form. Please refer to the USCIS webpage on the I9 form for more information.
  You may complete the online I9 web form using this link.
  Once the form is submitted, you will receive a link from our vendor, HireRight, to complete section one online. If you do not receive the link within two business days, please contact i9@vanderbilt.edu. You must complete section one of the federal form I9 online prior to your first day of employment.
• Why are taxes coming out of my check?
  Students paid as Graduate Student Research Assistants will have taxes removed from their paycheck. The deduction will show up as FIT Withheld.
• Why are other state taxes coming out of my check?
  Please check your address in Oracle. If this is incorrect, please reach out to your BRET financial contact for your enrolled program.
• Who do I contact for questions regarding filing taxes?
  Questions regarding taxes should be directed to your CPA/tax accountant. The HCM team is not authorized to give tax advice. Some webpages you may find beneficial include:
  *Vanderbilt University Graduate School Tax Information webpage
  *Vanderbilt University Human Resources Tax Resources webpage
  *Vanderbilt University Human Resources W-2 Tax Forms webpage
• Where do I download my W2?
  To retrieve your W2, please view the "ADP W-2s (2020-Current)" icon upon logging into Oracle, under the "Me" tab.
  *Please note: Graduate Student Trainees will not receive a W2 for their time paid via stipend; you will need to download your payslips to report income.
• Where do I locate my payslip?
  For instructions on viewing your payslips, please view the View or download my payslips pdf. You may also wish to view the Quick Reference Guide: Understanding Your Oracle Payslip.
• How do I contact someone about my student pay?
  Please contact the BRET financial team at studentpay.bret@vanderbilt.edu.

• Why isn't my tuition and fees paid/posted yet?
  Please know that while we try our best to process the payments as quickly as possible, if your payment is late we will work with Student Accounts to have late fees waived on payments that we are responsible for entering.
  ***Please be sure to pay any fines, Commodore Cash, and student service fees (if responsible for). We cannot have late fees waived for payments that are the student's responsibility to cover.
• How do I waive my student health insurance?
  Students who do not wish to subscribe to the student injury/sickness insurance plan offered through the University must notify Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk through their online insurance waiver of coverage acceptable to the University under another policy. Please visit the following webpages for more information concerning the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP):
  *Graduate and Professional Student Health Insurance
  *Student Accounts: Graduate & Professional / International Student Health Insurance
  *Student Care Network: Waive
• Who pays my student service fee?
  This depends on how the student is paid. Most fellowships and training grants cover this fee. Graduate Student Research Assistants are responsible for paying this fee (the money to cover these fees is built into the annual pay). Student services fee support recreational programs administered through the Office of Campus Recreation (OCR) including intramural programs, sports clubs, classes and workshops, the outdoor recreation program, and wellness activities. It also supports the operation of the Student Recreation Center, and the University's recreational playing fields and student organizations, student programming (including social and cultural events), and related student facility costs.
• I have questions about registering for classes. Who do I contact?
  Please work with your program manager regarding questions about registering for classes.
• How do I contact someone about my student account?
  Please contact the BRET HCM team at studentaccounts.bret@vanderbilt.edu.

In the BRET Office, Leslie Osing, Jasmine Taylor, Andreka Driver, and Angie Pernell oversee the student fellowship submissions for the following programs:
*Human Genetics
*Epidemiology
*Biostatistics
*Biomedical Informatics
*Microbe-Host Interactions
*Molecular Pathology & Immunology
*Chemical & Physical Biology
*Hearing & Speech Sciences
*Health Policy

The Training Grant team can be contacted at grantsatbret@vanderbilt.edu.

• For student fellowship submission in Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, or Cancer Biology, please work with the following administrators in Pod 3:
  Neuroscience: Danielle Lamsal
  Pharmacology: Alex Castillo
  Molecular Physiology & Biophysics: Alex Castillo
  Cancer Biology: Alicia Davis
• For student fellowship submission in Cell & Developmental Biology and Biochemistry, please work with the administrators in Pod 2:
  Cell & Developmental Biology: Robert Dortch
  Biochemistry: Stephanie Clapper

International graduate students affiliated with the BRET office and the programs BRET oversees will work with the BRET HCM financial team for questions about student payments and accounts, same as the domestic graduate students we service. Since many of the onboarding requirements for international students are completed prior to working with the HCM team, you may find the links below beneficial in answering questions you may have, as well as helpful contact information.

• Vanderbilt International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS)
• Vanderbilt ISSS Annual Tax Filing webpage
• Vanderbilt University Human Resources International Tax webpage
• Vanderbilt University Human Resources International Tax Overview webpage

Please be sure to read any and all communications coming from ITO and/or support@online-tax.net as many important notifications are disseminated through those routes.

• I need help with travel reimbursement. Where do I go?
  Visit the BRET Student Travel webpage and/or email Aaron Howard at aaron.w.howard@vanderbilt.edu.
  *Please note, Aaron only works with graduate students. If you are a postdoc and need travel assistance, please work with your department administrator.
• Where can I find more information on travel grants offered by the Graduate School?
  Please visit the Graduate School's Travel Grants webpage.
  

  

  Aaron Howard, Grants and Contract Coordinator
  aaron.w.howard@vanderbilt.edu
  

  Aaron coordinates student travel for our graduate students. For questions regarding booking travel or travel reimbursements, please reach out to Aaron.
  *Visit the BRET Student Travel webpage.
  *Please note, before traveling, international students must notify the International Tax Office, (ito@vanderbilt.edu), their program manager, and the BRET HCM team (studentpay.bret@vanderbilt.edu) regarding their travel and expected expenses.