Brian hit it on the head: the effort reporting requirement weighted with
a faculty member's other duties must be known for audit and even
accreditation. Moreover, if I was the dean and chair of her department
I'd want to count her "subgrant" to best show departmental and college
business on grants and research during the AY. These instances are
really sticky wickets that depend a great detail, I think, on the
cooperation of the sponsored programs office, the department and the
college, and the PI at the second party institution. So bring these
players into the mix, surround your PI with the combined erudition, and
put a stop to it. I hate to  say it, but your institution has the
authority to withdraw from the project. If your discussions are
approached in a positive manner by this elite panel face to face there
should be movement in the direction that you want.

Finally, this consulting gig that faculty do without informing the
university and smiling all of the way to the bank is another negative
outcome. The concept of "free agency" in higher education is rarely an
option.

Best wishes,

Phil

Brian Anderson wrote:

>We have been through this issue at my institution.  I would expect that the
>faculty member¹s department head and dean would have something to say about
>a reduction in her appointment.  She can¹t arbitrarily decide to do it
>herself.  She¹s not a free agent.  She was hired as a full-time faculty
>member at your institution and any grants for which she helps develop should
>be to your institution.  You are paying for her intellectual output.
>
>Also, let¹s say for argument that she takes a 25% reduction in her
>appointment to work for this other institution.  If your institutional
>policies are like ours, it will still be responsible for all of her fringe
>benefit costs.  If you agree to her proposal, the other institution receives
>the benefit of her intellectual contribution to the grant and you will in
>effect be subsidizing it.   Not a good deal.
>
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>Office of Research Development
>Eastern Michigan University
>Starkweather Hall, 2nd Floor
>Ypsilanti, MI  48197
>Office: (734) 487-3090
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>On 7/2/07 1:07 PM, "Pamela Miller" <xxxxxx@USFCA.EDU> wrote:
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>
>>I received an inquiry from a faculty member who cooperated in the submission
>>of a proposal to a federal agency from another institution (without going
>>through channels here). This is a tenure track associate professor.
>>
>>The proposal was funded.
>>
>>I suggested that we set up a subcontract from the awarded institution to our
>>institution for a portion of her salary during the academic year.
>>
>>The faculty member tells me why bother since she can reduce her time at our
>>institution and become an employee of the other institution and make extra
>>money without a sub. This may or may not be true, but can someone give me some
>>reasons why this would be a bad idea?
>>
>>Pam
>>
>>Pamela F. Miller, Ph.D.
>>Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
>>The University of San Francisco
>>2130 Fulton Street
>>San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
>>TEL  415-422-5368
>>FAX 415-422-6222
>>EMAIL xxxxxx@usfca.edu
>>
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