Re: NSF PI Salary Question Hawk, Pat 06 Oct 2000 09:57 EST
Tania, You've probably already received an answer for this, but NSF's "2-month" policy refers to "summer salary for faculty members on academic-year appointments is limited to no mroe than two-ninths of their regular academic-year salary." (quote from NSF's Grant Policy Guide) So if your faculty are on academic year (9-month) appointments, this would apply. The guide also indicates NSF views research as a "normal" function for faculty members and that pay for time spent on research "within the term of appointment is deemed to be included with the faculty member's regular organizational salary." (again, from p. 14 of the Grant Policy Guide). What they're trying to say is that they generally don't expect to see academic year salary on grant budgets. However, your institution's policies and the nature of that particular project have to determine whether academic year salary is an appropriate charge, and of course, if your faculty are on calendar year appointments as opposed to academic year appointments, then they are paid by calendar months, and the two-ninths thing doesn't apply. If this doesn't help, I'd be glad to e-chat with you directly. Pat Patricia A. Hawk Sponsored Projects Administrator 5219 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-5219 tel: 541/346-2504 fax: 541/346-5138 e-mail: xxxxxx@orsa.uoregon.edu -----Original Message----- From: Tania H. Clucas [mailto:xxxxxx@SFOS.UAF.EDU] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:08 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: NSF PI Salary Question Hi RESADM-L I sent this to NSF, and haven't received a reply yet. I figure they're busy just like the rest of us! Can anyone comment on their experiences? I do have PIs with 6 months of NSF funding a year, so this could really change the way things work. Any thoughts you folks have would be greatly appreciated. - Tania ********* Dear NSF: Reading the policy regarding salaries and wages I am a little confused, and I would appreciate some clarification so I can prepare our NSF awards properly, and comply with your policies. Historically, our faculty charge the time they spend working on their grants to their grants. This would happen at any time during the year, not just during summer months. As you well know, research can be happening at any time. Our institution does not make a policy of restricting PIs to 3 months of research. Recently we have been told that NSF will only support, annually, no more two months of salary per PI for all NSF projects they are affiliated with. Is this true? Many of my PIs have multiple projects, and this change in policy will affect the time they spend on their work for NSF, and would end up possibly requiring a change in the scope of work. Would PIs from previously funded projects be grandfathered in? As you can may have surmised this is something I am greatly concerned about. Any clarification will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tania Clucas Grants Coordinator -- Accountability and accounting are not the same thing Tania Clucas mailto:xxxxxx@sfos.uaf.edu Grants Coordinator Voice 907.474.6736 School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Fax 907.474.7204 University of Alaska Fairbanks http://www.sfos.uaf.edu:8000 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================