I will be out of the office until Wednesday, January 31st.  If you have a question that requires an answer before then, please call 5-5000.  Otherwise,  I will reply when I return.

Thanks.
Louise

>>> "xxxxxx@hrinet.org" 01/30/01 23:00 >>>

There are 5 messages totalling 478 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

 1. Intern vs Employee (2)
 2. Funding Levels (2)
 3. SENIOR CONTRACT AND GRANT SPECIALIST OPPORTUNITY

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Date:    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:57:38 -0500
From:    "Bonnie J. Brautigam" <xxxxxx@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US>
Subject: Re: Intern vs Employee

Other institutions in PA with which I am familiar (e.g. the DOH) would consider
them to be "interns" paid as temporary, part-time, non-exempt employees, who
must be paid by the hour worked, with overtime for extra hours.

Dan Snyder <xxxxxx@ACNATSCI.ORG> on 01/29/2001 07:50:57 PM

Please respond to Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@hrinet.org>

To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
cc:    (bcc: Bonnie J. Brautigam/Wadsworth/DOH)
Subject:  [RESADM-L] Intern vs Employee

I'm hoping to get some guidance sorting out the issues of intern vs employee,
and subcontractor vs employee, as it relates to the following situation.

We expect to employ a couple of college students this summer on an externally
funded contract. They will have to follow study protocols (i.e., we will have
the ability to specify exactly how they perform their work), but they will also
receive instruction/education beyond that needed for the sponsored program at
hand, and will have the opportunity to conduct their own mini-projects. We are a
private, non-profit research institution, with education programs but not degree
granting.

Our Project Leader wants to hire them as "interns", at a fixed pay amount per
week, regardless of their hours worked.  However, my understanding is that they
are simply temporary, part-time, non-exempt employees, who must be paid by the
hour worked, with overtime for extra hours.  Thus, paying a fixed amount per
week would not be appropriate. Is this correct?

I've also been asked whether they could be employed as "subcontractors".
However, they are students, do not have their own insurance (e.g., liability) in
place, and do not offer their services widely and support themselves as
subcontractors - they are simply getting summer jobs.  Woudn't it be correct to
say that a designation of "subcontractor" would be definitely inappropriate?

Dan Snyder
Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, PA

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Date:    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:03:07 -0500
From:    Audrey Buck <xxxxxx@POBOX.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: Funding Levels

Good morning. Can anyone tell me where to look for the different funding
levels at NIH.  Example:  Cancer Institute versus General Medicine max
awards.

Thanks very much,
Audrey

Audrey C. Buck
Senior Contract Administrator
Research Services
Phone:  (215) 573 6709
Fax:    (215) 898 9708
email:  xxxxxx@pobox.upenn.edu

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Date:    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:13:21 -0600
From:    "Caskey, William PhD." <xxxxxx@CMH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Funding Levels

Go to the NIH Web site (www.nih.gov), select Grants and Funding Information,
Grants Page, Awards Data, and you'll see historical funding broken down from
the perspective of NIH, types of awards, institutions, and a lot more...Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Audrey Buck [SMTP:xxxxxx@POBOX.UPENN.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:03 AM
> To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject:      [RESADM-L] Funding Levels
>
> Good morning. Can anyone tell me where to look for the different funding
> levels at NIH.  Example:  Cancer Institute versus General Medicine max
> awards.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Audrey
>
>
>
> Audrey C. Buck
> Senior Contract Administrator
> Research Services
> Phone:  (215) 573 6709
> Fax:    (215) 898 9708
> email:  xxxxxx@pobox.upenn.edu
>
>
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Date:    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:39:09 -0500
From:    "Barbara L. Pifel" <xxxxxx@MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: SENIOR CONTRACT AND GRANT SPECIALIST OPPORTUNITY

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Cornell University
Weill Medical College

Senior Contract and Grant Specialist

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibity is to coordinate and administer contracts
and grants from proposal review and submission through award.  He/She
will ensure proposed terms and conditions are in compliance with
applicable reguations and do not conflict wih existing commitments.

Additional rsponsibities include providing review and oversight of
grant application and contract proposal submission, ensuring
compliance with Institutional Review Board (IRB), IACUC, FDA, and
granting agencies. Provides assistance to faculty in the preparation
and processing of applications including program project grants.

Review terms and conditions of new contractual agreements and
evaluate changes to pre-existing agreements.  Reviews and negotiates
clinical testing, material transfer and confidential disclosure
agreements.  Negotiates modifications to subcontract agreements.
Participates in the development and implemention of research and
sponsored programs policies and regulations. Maintains up-to-date
knowledge and expertise in federal/state/parivate agencies'
regulations and policies, and staying abreast of new laws and OMB
circulars which affect sponsored program activities.

Reviews final award documents prior to the establishment of accounts.
Post award responsibilities include review and/or drafting
modifications to changes in grant/contract documents.

Responsible for preparing and conducting educational/orientation
programs for faculty and department administrators. Provides
assistance to new faculty to find new funding opportunities with new
and diverse sponsors.

Qualifications:

Candidates must have a a strong customer-orientated attitude and a
masters degree along with 4 years of experience in higher education.
Experience in a health care setting and a terminal degree is
preferred.  Additional years of experience in the sponsored research,
higher education arena may substitute for the masters degree
requirment providing that the applicant has a bachelor's degree.

Position requires tact, diplomacy, a highly developed degree of
judgment, initiative and the ability to work independently.

Candidates must be proficient in working with the implementation of
an electronic research administration system and have a broad range
of computer skills.

Strong communication, organizational and intepersonal skills are
essential.  Demonstracted ability to execute multiple tasks and
respond to multiple demands as part of a team and to work and
interact collaboratively; skill in problem solving; and ability to
consider multiple alternatives are required.

Contact Information:

Barbara Pifel, J.D.
Senior Director
Research and Sponsored Programs
Weill Medical College
1300 York Avenue, A-131
New York, NY 10021
Telephone: 212 746-6020, 6058
Fax: 212 746-6938
E-mail: xxxxxx@med.cornell.edu

Barbara Pifel
Senior Director
Grants and Contracts
Rm: A131
Telephone: (212) 746-6020 6-6058
Fax:       (212) 746-6938
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University

Weill Medical College

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Contract and Grant Specialist

</center>

</bigger><bold><smaller>Responsibilities:

</smaller></bold><smaller>The primary responsibity is to coordinate and
administer contracts and grants from proposal review and submission
through award.  He/She will ensure proposed terms and conditions are in
compliance with applicable reguations and do not conflict wih existing
commitments.

Additional rsponsibities include providing review and oversight of
grant application and contract proposal submission, ensuring compliance
with Institutional Review Board (IRB), IACUC, FDA, and granting
agencies. Provides assistance to faculty in the preparation and
processing of applications including program project grants.

Review terms and conditions of new contractual agreements and evaluate
changes to pre-existing agreements.  Reviews and negotiates clinical
testing, material transfer and confidential disclosure agreements.
Negotiates modifications to subcontract agreements. Participates in the
development and implemention of research and sponsored programs
policies and regulations. Maintains up-to-date knowledge and expertise
in federal/state/parivate agencies' regulations and policies, and
staying abreast of new laws and OMB circulars which affect sponsored
program activities.

Reviews final award documents prior to the establishment of accounts.
Post award responsibilities include review and/or drafting
modifications to changes in grant/contract documents.

Responsible for preparing and conducting educational/orientation
programs for faculty and department administrators. Provides assistance
to new faculty to find new funding opportunities with new and diverse
sponsors.

<bold>Qualifications:

</bold>Candidates must have a a strong customer-orientated attitude and
a masters degree along with 4 years of experience in higher education.
Experience in a health care setting and a terminal degree is preferred.
 Additional years of experience in the sponsored research, higher
education arena may substitute for the masters degree requirment
providing that the applicant has a bachelor's degree.

Position requires tact, diplomacy, a highly developed degree of
judgment, initiative and the ability to work independently.

Candidates must be proficient in working with the implementation of an
electronic research administration system and have a broad range of
computer skills.

Strong communication, organizational and intepersonal skills are
essential.  Demonstracted ability to execute multiple tasks and respond
to multiple demands as part of a team and to work and interact
collaboratively; skill in problem solving; and ability to consider
multiple alternatives are required.

<bold>Contact Information:

Barbara Pifel, J.D.

Senior Director

Research and Sponsored Programs

Weill Medical College

1300 York Avenue, A-131

New York, NY 10021

Telephone: 212 746-6020, 6058

Fax: 212 746-6938

E-mail: xxxxxx@med.cornell.edu

</bold></smaller></fontfamily>

Barbara Pifel

Senior Director

Grants and Contracts

Rm: A131

Telephone: (212) 746-6020 6-6058

Fax:       (212) 746-6938

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Date:    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:54:18 -0600
From:    "Quinn, Bradley L" <xxxxxx@OU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Intern vs Employee

The question is whether they are to be paid as employees or as independent
contractors.  Terms like intern, stipend, fellowship, subcontractor, etc.
can confuse the issue.

They sound like non-exempt employees to me so they would have to be paid as
such.

Faculty are often paid on a flat-fee basis for summer school but they aren't
non-exempt employees either.

Students in the summer might be considered independent contractors under
some circumstances, but not when their work is "exactly" specified.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie J. Brautigam [mailto:xxxxxx@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:58 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Intern vs Employee

Other institutions in PA with which I am familiar (e.g. the DOH) would
consider
them to be "interns" paid as temporary, part-time, non-exempt employees, who
must be paid by the hour worked, with overtime for extra hours.

Dan Snyder <xxxxxx@ACNATSCI.ORG> on 01/29/2001 07:50:57 PM

Please respond to Research Administration Discussion List
<xxxxxx@hrinet.org>

To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
cc:    (bcc: Bonnie J. Brautigam/Wadsworth/DOH)
Subject:  [RESADM-L] Intern vs Employee

I'm hoping to get some guidance sorting out the issues of intern vs
employee,
and subcontractor vs employee, as it relates to the following situation.

We expect to employ a couple of college students this summer on an
externally
funded contract. They will have to follow study protocols (i.e., we will
have
the ability to specify exactly how they perform their work), but they will
also
receive instruction/education beyond that needed for the sponsored program
at
hand, and will have the opportunity to conduct their own mini-projects. We
are a
private, non-profit research institution, with education programs but not
degree
granting.

Our Project Leader wants to hire them as "interns", at a fixed pay amount
per
week, regardless of their hours worked.  However, my understanding is that
they
are simply temporary, part-time, non-exempt employees, who must be paid by
the
hour worked, with overtime for extra hours.  Thus, paying a fixed amount per
week would not be appropriate. Is this correct?

I've also been asked whether they could be employed as "subcontractors".
However, they are students, do not have their own insurance (e.g.,
liability) in
place, and do not offer their services widely and support themselves as
subcontractors - they are simply getting summer jobs.  Woudn't it be correct
to
say that a designation of "subcontractor" would be definitely inappropriate?

Dan Snyder
Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, PA

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