Tufts University defined our the year as September 1 – August 31, which is not our fiscal year.

Zoya
Zoya Davis-Hamilton, Ed.D., CRA
Associate Vice Provost for Research Administration & Development
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Tufts University
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On 1/30/18, 5:44 PM, "Research Administration List on behalf of Robinson, Jacqueline" <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org on behalf of xxxxxx@PSYCH.UCLA.EDU> wrote:

 The language states this should be included in the budget justification, does anyone have an idea where in the budget justification, and an example of their statement?

 Very Respectfully,

 Jacqueline Robinson

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 Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

 Bonnie Kwit, CRA
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 Oakland University
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 We've always defined it in terms of the project year - no more than 2 months per project year.

 Donna Berger, Ph.D.
 Director, Academic Grants
 Marist College
 Phone: 845-575-3670

 From:	Michael Kusiak <xxxxxx@UCOP.EDU>
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 Date:	01/30/2018 01:18 PM
 Subject:	[RESADM-L] NSF: Defining "year"
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 I am looking for input how institutions have gone about defining “year” for the purposes of being compliant with the requirement in section in chapter II.C.2.g(i)(a)of the NSF PAPPG:

 “As a general policy, NSF limits the salary compensation requested in the proposal budget for senior personnel to no more than two months of their regular salary in any one year. It is the organization's responsibility to define and consistently apply the term "year", and to specify this definition in the budget justification. This limit includes salary compensation received from all NSF-funded grants.”

 Of the public descriptions I have seen of being compliant with this requirement, I have seen fiscal year being used as the definition of “year.”

 I could, however, see an argument to be made that you should maximize flexibility by simply defining “year” as the project periods defined in each award.

 I understand that the overall issue is about that two-month limitation on salary support from NSF.

 What’s the risk of defining a “year” as your institution’s fiscal year?

 Thank you for any feedback you may have.

 Mike

 Michael Joseph Kusiak
 Policy Resource Coordinator
 xxxxxx@ucop.edu
 510-987-0659

 Research Policy Analysis and Coordination University of California, Office of the President

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