Mary -

 I know that the National Science Foundation explicitly limits summer
support to 2/9 of the Academic Year salary.  I know that the National
Institutes of Health make no such restriction.  In fact, on several NIH
grants, we have treated 100% effort during the summer as representing three
months of full-time effort; and the grant budget has provided these faculty
members with 33.33% (a.k.a. 3/9) of their academic year salaries.
 The guidelines from other funding agencies/organizations either are silent
on this issue - in effect, acknowledging that this is an institutional
decision - or suggest/require that summer support be limited to 2/9, 1/3, or
something in between.

Best regards,
Howie Kaplan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On Behalf
Of Mary Cortina
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 3:46 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] thanks and another question

Thanks to all of you who answered my question about PIs leaving the
institution - it was very helpful.  Another question - sometimes faculty ask
about additional income from a grant.  I give them the standard - release
time, 2/9 salary during the summer.  And for some, they just don't feel it
is worth the effort. They are asking can they get more than 2/9 salary so
they can see real income benefits to writing and getting grants.  My
question is - are there regulations (EDGAR) about this,  is the 2/9 a set
formula or somewhat arbitrary?

Thanks, Mary

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