Marc --

We employ many undergraduate students during the summer months as
research assistants. Some receive a stipend or flat-rate for the summer,
others are paid by the hour with a 40 hour per week maximum. In our
case, it has to do with the State and Federal labor laws because, though
undergraduate students, this is a summer job, in essence. And we also
must be mindful of sponsor regs, e.g., is the student required to be
enrolled and taking classes in the summer, etc.

Maggie Bryan-Peterson, CRA
Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
E230a Thompson Hall
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, NY  14063

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Marc Heimerl
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:21 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Summer Undergraduate Workers

One of our faculty members is looking to submit a proposal to NIH R21
that
would involve undergraduate students working as research assistants.
Being a
relatively new pre-award specialist, this has led me to two quick
questions I
thought to run past the listserv: NIH has no maximum restrictions for
undergraduate student workers over summer, correct?  I reviewed all of
the
policies I could find but haven't found anything specifying the summer
hours or
wage maximums.  Also, do your respective institutions have a university
policy
limiting the amount of undergraduate work or research to be completed by

students in a summer?  While we have one outlining the amount of hours
that
work-study students can do, we currently don't have a maximum that would

be placed on any hourly wage students-particularly those being paid with

grant funds.

Thanks for any help!

MARC HEIMERL, Grants Support Specialist
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Marian University
45 S. National Avenue; Room A301D
Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Telephone: 920-923-8796
xxxxxx@marianuniversity.edu
www.marianuniversity.edu

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