Re: "Base-plus-grants" salary arrangements Kaars, Charles 20 Aug 2002 10:55 EST
Erik: The key here is that Dr. A's medical school establishes her base salary for 100% effort as $112,500. It then appoints Dr. A at 80% effort and pays her 80% of her full time base salary (i.e. $90k). She may draw the 20% of her base salary which is not paid by her institution from her grants. With the proviso, of course, that she may only draw salary from a grant in direct proportion to her effort on that grant. Hope this helps. Charlie Charles Kaars Assistant Vice President Sponsored Programs Administration Suite 211 The UB Commons Amherst, NY 14228 716-645-2977 ext. 101 (voice) 716-645-3730 (Fax) -----Original Message----- From: Erik A. Thelen [mailto:xxxxxx@MARQUETTE.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:15 AM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] "Base-plus-grants" salary arrangements AIOs and grants accounting folks, I would appreciate your thoughts: For some time, I have been hearing about a common practice at medical colleges: namely, that some research faculty are responsible for raising a portion of their salaries through grants. For example, the institution establishes a "base salary" for Dr. A. of $112,500, and their employment agreement with Dr. A states that the institution will pay $90,000 plus fringes on that $90,000. The employment contract further specifies that Dr. A must raise the remaining portion of his or her salary plus fringes through grants (up to but not exceeding $112,500). When Dr. A is written into a grant (or a subcontract), his or her base salary is represented as $112,500. I have some issues with this, namely Part J, Section 8.d(1) of Circular A-21. Perhaps I am just not clever enough to grasp the subtlety of the "base-plus-grants" salary arrangement. I have been unable to confirm whether any medical college actually employs this practice. But I have now seen -- for the first time -- something a lot like this "base-plus-grants" salary arrangement in a subcontract that came to us. What's your take on this? --- Erik A. Thelen, Ph.D. Executive Director Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Marquette University; P.O. Box 1881; Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 Email xxxxxx@marquette.edu Phone 414-288-5327 Fax 414-288-1578 URL http://www.marquette.edu/orsp ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================