Re: Supplemental Pay for Faculty Lawrence Waxler 03 Jan 2007 12:48 EST
Laura, Here at the University of Southern Maine, we have a review and approval process that begins with the development of a proposal. Generally speaking, faculty members teach three courses and have a research/scholarship/public service block. Each represents 25% effort. Faculty would need to present to their department chair/dean a plan of how a funded project would fit into their schedule, i.e. are they able to carry-out the project within their research block or do they need a course release. If the latter, the decision would hinge on how would their course effort would be replaced and whether the sponsor would be paying their full (25%) cost or just replacement cost. A dean’s approval would be included in the proposal package submitted to my office (Sponsored Programs) for final review, approval, and submission. It is only is rare cases that a faculty member would be granted additional compensation and, like you, mostly for a short term. The faculty member would need to show that their research block is already full and that the department could not support a release for whatever reason. In these cases it is allowable for faculty to be compensated up to an amount equal to 20% of their base academic year salary over the course of the academic year, or approximately equivalent to one day/week. This is in line with general University policy that allows faculty to teach one course/semester as an overload which is also rated as a one day/week effort. Larry Waxler, Director Office of Sponsored Programs University of Southern Maine P.O. Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 Telephone: 207-780-4413 Telefax: 207-780-4927 >>> "Rosales, Laura" <xxxxxx@TAMUCC.EDU> 1/3/2007 11:28 AM >>> At our institution, we have been dealing with an issue regarding supplemental pay for faculty members. According to OMB Circular A-21, Section J 10, A and D1, it discusses faculty consultation on sponsored agreements and that supplemental compensation is allowed with some restrictions mentioned in section D1. Are there any other regulations out there that we should consult with regarding supplemental pay? The issue of supplemental pay has become a big issue where we've had a number of faculty asking for supplemental pay for work on sponsored programs that is above their jobs-sometimes over 100%. But, if not paid, they will not perform this work. We have a policy that says that if a faculty member is at 100% effort already and is awarded a sponsored project during the semester, the policy allows for a faculty to be paid up to 20% above their 100% workload temporarily until the semester is over and their schedule can be revised for the following semester to allow for release time for the sponsored project. But, that is all. We get all other kinds of scenarios where faculty are turning in supplemental pay forms for work they are doing while sometimes teaching a full load. What kind of examples have you had? What kind of policies have you initiated in this area? Is it a problem for ya'll? Thank you in advance for any guidance you can give us! Laura Leal Rosales, CRA Sr. Grants & Contract Admininstrator Office of Graduate Studies & Research Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit # 5844 Corpus Christi, Texas 78412 Phone: 361-825-3882 Fax: 361-825-2755 xxxxxx@tamucc.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") ======================================================================