Re: Academic Year salary on NSF grants Jackie Givens 09 Oct 2003 07:49 EST
We have always included "release time" for faculty working on NSF grants. We do primarily curriculum development kinds of proposals. We make certain that we mention in the budget justification our high teaching loads, 4/4, common at predominantly undergraduate institutions. We have never encountered a problem with this. We do make certain that we also include, as in-kind, a portion of the releases necessary for the project. Jackie Jacqueline Givens Director, Office of Sponsored Programs Kennesaw State University 1000 Chastain Road, #0111 Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591 PHONE: (770) 423-6036 FAX: (770) 499-3620 WEBSITE: http://www.kennesaw.edu/osp >>> xxxxxx@COFC.EDU 10/08/03 06:54PM >>> We encourage our PIs to ask the program officer if it is allowed for the particular program, as allowability seems to vary across programs and directorates. A handful of our PIs have asked and received over the years--with solid justification. The perceived limitation to 2 summer months has been a concern of mine for a long time, particularly since I'm at a teaching institution where teaching loads are typically 4 and 4. Unless faculty can buy release time with grant funds, thus freeing up institutional funds to pay adjuncts, it is hard for them to be competitive in the national research arena. Fred Averick wrote: > Hi-- > > It has been our understanding that NSF did not generally pay for what we > call course buyouts (where the teaching load of a faculty member is > reduced if s/he can get a grant to pay for a piece of his/her salary). > One of the senior faculty members here says that she was informed by > people that this isn't the case. Looking on their website, it seems > unclear, except for this passage from the NSF grant proposal guide: > > "NSF regards research as one of the normal functions of faculty members > at institutions of higher education. Compensation for time normally > spent on research within the term of appointment is deemed to be > included within the faculty member's regular organizational salary. > Grant funds may not be used to augment the total salary or rate of > salary of faculty members during the period covered by the term of > faculty appointment or to reimburse faculty members for consulting or > other time in addition to a regular full-time organizational salary > covering the same general period of employment" > > But this passage seems to be talking more about increasing someone's > compensation, which we're not doing. I called NSF and was told to speak > to someone in the Policy office, who hasn't gotten back to me yet. I > also did a search on Google and saw a few other universities mentioning > that NSF would not support a buyout. > > Does anyone have any hard info/experience with this? > > Thanks in advance, > Fred Averick > Sponsored Research Administrator > Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences > New York University > 251 Mercer Street > New York, NY 10012 > > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== -- ================================================================== Barbara H. Gray, Director Office of Research & Grants Administration College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Campus Location: 407-G Bell Bldg. Office: 843.953.5673 Desk: 843.953.5885 Fax: 843.953.6577 e-mail: xxxxxx@cofc.edu URL: http://www.orga.cofc.edu/ ================================================================== ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================