NSF Grad Research Fellowship Program
Sharon McCarl
(25 Aug 2010 10:15 EST)
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Re: NSF Grad Research Fellowship Program Gina I Betcher (25 Aug 2010 10:27 EST)
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Re: NSF Grad Research Fellowship Program Gina I Betcher 25 Aug 2010 10:27 EST
We have itemized health insurance for grad students as fringe. ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Sharon McCarl" <xxxxxx@ANDREW.CMU.EDU> | To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org | Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:15:40 AM | Subject: [RESADM-L] NSF Grad Research Fellowship Program | I would like to know if health insurance is treated as a fee at your | institutions and covered under the institutional allowance on your NSF | Grad | Research Fellowships. We have never considered health insurance a fee. | Students are required to have insurance but they can be covered by | their | parents or can purchase it on their own. If they don't have coverage, | they | must purchase it either through the university or on their own. | | We asked NSF and were told that it should be covered with the | allowance. We | are very reluctant to do this as most of our research assistantships | and | teaching assistantship programs cover tuition and fees. If we call | health | insurance a fee for one group, are we opening ourselves to a claim | from all | of our students that we should cover their health insurance as well? | | We did check the guide and it seems to have seemingly conflicting | statements: | | "The actual use of the cost-of-education allowance is at the | discretion of | the affiliated institution." | | "While on fellowship tenure status, Fellows will be exempt from paying | required tuition and fees normally charged to students of similar | academic | standing." | | Unlike tuition and fees that are paid to the university, health | insurance | premiums are paid to an outside vendor. The allowance falls far short | of | covering our tuition and fees. We accept that we will receive reduced | income when a student has one of these fellowships. Paying health | insurance | would not just be a reduction in income, it would be an expense that | we | would have to cover. | | I'd like to know how others are handling this. | | Sharon | | | ====================================================================== | 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") | ====================================================================== -- Gina Betcher Program Officer Research and Sponsored Programs Western Michigan University 240-W Walwood Hall MS 5456 Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5456 Tel: 269-387-8204 Cell: 269-806-7540 Email: xxxxxx@wmich.edu ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================