Re: RESADM-L Digest - 21 Apr 2003 to 22 Apr 2003 (#200 3-88) RESADM-L Member 23 Apr 2003 11:30 EST
Chuck, I have not had any replies which answer our questions, but I did locate a copy of one university's policy posted on the internet: http://www.people.memphis.edu/~ressvc/incentive2.pdf Molly -----Original Message----- From: Herbert B. Chermside [mailto:xxxxxx@VCU.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:41 AM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] RESADM-L Digest - 21 Apr 2003 to 22 Apr 2003 (#2003-88) I, too, am interested in how this is handled. What is the source of funds for any such bonus? How is it arranged so as to be legal under A-21, which is pretty adamant that allowable cost for salaries is based on the "total compensation...consistently applied". Wouldn't any bonus become part of that "total compensation...consistently applied"? Presumably the word "bonus" means it is applied periodically and does not add to the base salary, so it is part of the total compensation for the period being considered. Chuck At 09:11 AM 4/23/2003 -0500, you wrote: >At 12:00 AM 4/23/2003 -0400, you wrote: >>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:27:12 -0500 >>From: RESADM-L Member <xxxxxx@SBLHS.ORG> >>Subject: incentives >> >>Has anyone else seen the article in today's Chronicle about an initiative at >>Univ. of Southern Mississippi intended to provide an incentive for faculty >>members to request salary support in external funding proposals? According >>to the article, "a faculty member who uses money from a research grant to >>cover 25 percent of his or her university salary and turns the savings back >>to the institution will earn a bonus of 10 percent [from the university]. >>Professors who use outside research money to cover all of their salary will >>earn a supplement equal to 30 percent of their university income." >> >>Do any of your institutions have a similar initiative? Call it a naive >>question, but why isn't this a kickback? >> >>----------------- >>Molly Daniel >>Grants Specialist >>Planning Dept. >>Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center >>1000 Health Center Drive >>Mattoon, IL 61938-0372 >>tel. 217-258-2195 >>fax 217-258-4135 >>email: xxxxxx@sblhs.org <mailto:xxxxxx@sblhs.org> >>web: www.sarahbush.org <http://www.sarahbush.org> > >I have wondered the practice of providing incentive pay for Principal >Investigator's charging research salary to grants. I recently did a >survey and found that many institutions have implemented this type of >system. I would like to know if these type of arrangements have been >approved by legal counsel relative to the applicability of the >Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 as well. > >Deborah Everds >Research Administrator >Cell & Molecular Biology >Northwestern University Medical School > >312-503-4334 > >====================================================================== >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") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Biotech One, Suite 113 Virginia Biotechnology Research Park 800 East Leigh Street Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://www.research.vcu.edu/ospa.htm ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================