Re: Policy Question/Salaries Pamela T. Plotkin 26 Apr 2007 20:40 EST
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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *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 > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================