Re: Academic Year salary on NSF grants Richard H Moore 09 Oct 2003 08:37 EST
I'll reinforce what others from predominately undergrad institutions have said - we have had some, but mixed, success getting NSF to pay part of the faculty member's 9-month salary - not an enhancement or overload but the time the PI spends on project (and away from other responsibilities). We also have a 4+4 teaching load. The first rule is to talk with theprogram officer - I have had them say tha they understand the neccessity (at non research instiutions) for paying for faculty time and I have also had them say NSF "never" does. One strategy is to ask for the replacement cost - adjuncts etc often come at much lower rates than full-time faculty. Give the faculty reassigned time, have NSF pay for the adjunct and consider the difference in pay as cost share. We have, on occasion also justified overload pay to another fulltime faculty member from a federal award. That person was the only available qualified instructor and the overload followed institutional policy for other similar situations. It was justified that way in the proposal and accepted by NSF (as well as by other agencies). I think the key here is to demonstrate that the pay is going for the teaching duties, which then allows the PI the time to devote to research, and that it is all following institutional policy. Richard On 8 Oct 2003 at 17:51, 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") > ====================================================================== -- Dr. Richard H. Moore Assistant Vice President for Grants and Sponsored Research Coastal Carolina University Internet: xxxxxx@coastal.edu P.O. Box 261954 Voice: 843-349-2050 Conway SC 29528-6054 FAX: 843-349-2726 ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================