Elaine - thanks for the info on Salary Offset at the institutions you've
been associated with - I sure hope I get additional responses.

Arthur Eisenberg
SUNY College of Optometry
Research Administration
xxxxxx@sunyopt.edu
212-938-4159 - voice
212-938-5678 - fax

Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@hrinet.org> writes:
>I’ve worked at several different private and state universities over my
>career and, without exception, if 80-90% of a faculty member’s time is
>spent on research, he/she should have 80-90% of their salaries covered by
>research grants – that does not mean that EACH grant cover that amount,
>but the totals of all grants should pay the salary to the level of effort.
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>Investigators, since time immemorial, have felt that they would be more
>competitive if they “donated” a portion of their salary to the granting
>agency – while that may be true for some state agencies or private
>foundations, that is not the case with federal grants.  Their grant
>budget should include those things that they need to do the research –
>including salaries for graduate students or postdocs, if necessary.
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>Elaine Young, PhD
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>Interim Director, Office of Research Development
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>Res. Assoc. Prof., Mol. Gen. & Microbiol.
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>College of Medicine, University of Florida
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>Room M100
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>P.O. Box 100215
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>Gainesville, Florida 32610-0215
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>(352) 273-5088
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>xxxxxx@mgm.ufl.edu
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>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf
>Of Arthur
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:41 PM
>To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
>Subject: [RESADM-L] Salary Offset at State Universities and Colleges
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>I'm seeking experiences and policies at State Colleges where Researchers
>are asked for or required to offset state salary with funds from research
>grants.
>I'm finding resistance from some researchers to cover %effort with an
>equal amount of %Salary, when the %effort might approach 80 or 90% for
>those researchers who really have little responsibility other than
>research - there may be some administrative/committee work and a minor
>teaching load throughout the year.
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>I've been suggesting that effort should be reflected in salary.
>The difference between effort and salary is of course, voluntary cost
>sharing.
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>The investigators view is that they will be more competitive if they
>provide cost share, which leaves more funds for hiring grad student, or
>post docs. The institution will of course receive F&A (we only get F&A
>based on a Salary and Wage formula.
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>What are your requirements/Policies on Salary Offset for researchers
>whose primary responsibility is research and not teaching.
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>Thanks in advance
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