Hi Maria,

If you want to see a written policy from an institution (East TN State
University) click on the following link
http://www.etsu.edu/research/researchpolicies.htm and then click on

"Policy on the Distribution of Salary Savings from Grants & Contracts"

Enjoy,

Pam

Pamela Plotkin, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Sponsored Program Services
Cornell University
120 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-254-8329

Barbara Gray wrote:
>
> Maria,
>
> I think this is most commonly a decision made at the VP level with
> both the VPAA and VPFA agreeing, and there’s a number of possible
> practices regarding the actual reallocation of the lapsed salary
> funds. At my current institution, the funds are immediately swept from
> the departmental budget and returned to the general fund for
> reallocation. At one of my previous institutions, we successfully
> lobbied for a policy that allowed the lapsed salary funds to remain in
> the departmental budget. If a course release was involved, some of the
> lapsed salary money was used to pay an adjunct (as opposed to the
> adjunct being paid from the VPAA’s general adjunct account).
> Department chairs were free to use the remaining lapsed funds for
> faculty travel to meetings, equipment purchases, and other activities
> that supported research. This kind of policy, particularly when
> coupled with a return of some of the indirect recovery, makes a nice
> incentive for doing sponsored research and works well with chairs who
> are not terribly excited about taking faculty out of the classroom to
> participate in sponsored programs.
>
> Barbara
>
> Barbara H. Gray
>
> Director of Grants & Contracts
>
> Valdosta State University
>
> 1500 North Patterson Street
>
> Valdosta, GA 31698-0429
>
> Telephone: 229-333-7837
>
> Fax: 229-245-3853
>
> Email: xxxxxx@valdosta.edu
>
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> *From:* Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Montoro, Maria
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:24 PM
> *To:* xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> *Subject:* [RESADM-L] Policy Question/Salaries
>
> I am looking for sample policies that address how funds are handled as
> a result of faculty salaries replaced (supplanted) through grant
> funds. How are the funds dispersed? Does the dean have discretion to
> reallocate funds?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Maria
>
> Maria Montoro Edwards
>
> Director, Sponsored Projects
>
> Assistant Director, Office of Research
>
> and Community Collaboration
>
> Marywood University
>
> 2300 Adams Avenue
>
> Scranton, PA 18509
>
> (570) 961-4775
>
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