Our faculty had a 4-block load per semester. Three courses and a research/scholarship/public service block. They were allowed to buy-out that 4th block. The department funds that it freed up were then available for other uses in the department or college. On 10/16/2020 2:55 PM, Vicki Krell wrote: > Ours seem to vary by department/unit. A lot of our faculty only request > summer salary (i.e. Chemistry, Physics), while others (Psychology, etc.) > request academic year support also. I think that a lot of those > decisions are based on discussions with Department Chairs on whether > they can buy out of teaching responsibilities during the academic year > or not. > > *Vicki Krell, CRA* > > *Assistant Director, Research Advancement* > > *The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences* > > *Arizona State University* > > *T. 480.965.2171|F. 480-965-1093* > > *From:* Research Administration List <xxxxxx@LISTS.HEALTHRESEARCH.ORG> > *On Behalf Of *Jesse Szeto > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2020 11:39 AM > *To:* xxxxxx@LISTS.HEALTHRESEARCH.ORG > *Subject:* [RESADM-L] Do your 9-month faculty regularly charge some % > effort during academic year to their grants? > > At my institution, most of the faculty have 9-month appointments. As a > result, when any of them has a grant, if they charge any salary to the > grant, it is only summer salary that they charge since that could mean > an additional 1-3 months' worth of salary for them. > > However, in almost all cases, none of these faculty charge any salary to > the grant during the ACADEMIC YEAR, indicating that they are not working > on the grant from September to May. > > When I asked a PI about this, he responded by saying that he didn't want > to charge any academic year salary to the grant since the University > pays for it already, so why would he "waste" the grant money like that? > > This is problematic to me in the following ways: > > 1. Given this situation, we are supposed to believe that a PI only does > research during the summer, even though the grant itself runs throughout > the year, including paying for grad students, lab supplies, etc. To me, > this sounds as though the University is "cost sharing" the PI's academic > year effort. > > 2. Based on #1, this means that the University is deprived of potential > salary savings it could have generated during the academic year if the > PI had more realistically charged some portion of his/her salary to the > grant. > > My questions: > > 1. What is your institution's policy on this, especially for your > faculty with 9-month appointments? > > 2. Do you have a minimum effort requirement? > > 3. What are the pitfalls of requiring or at least strongly encouraging > faculty to charge some portion of effort to the grant during the > academic year? > > Thanks folks! > > Jesse > > -- > > Jesse J.K. Szeto *| *司徒祖傑 > > Senior Director > > Office of Research Services (ORS), Main Campus > > Georgetown University > > Box 571014 650 ICC > > Washington, DC 20057 > > U.S.A. > > Office: +1-202-687-5597 > > E-mail:xxxxxx@georgetown.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@georgetown.edu> > > /My pronouns: he / him / his/ > > *For COVID-19 research funding opportunities, please see this webpage > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maincampusresearch.georgetown.edu_covid-2D19-2Dfunding-2Dopportunities_&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=_guqGb0Ao5SsWX3o8b5DHwnHqel5X-waTlbwL5jWrVI&m=wpIO5udUlMngLfdBrpkl7IQv25FjD_rtQuO8Pp9Kwqc&s=Igr-Y4uGLgTNDFWhllWlvXm4g2dJXeCx98oHs_mh-5Q&e=> (https://maincampusresearch.georgetown.edu/covid-19-funding-opportunities/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maincampusresearch.georgetown.edu_covid-2D19-2Dfunding-2Dopportunities_&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=_guqGb0Ao5SsWX3o8b5DHwnHqel5X-waTlbwL5jWrVI&m=wpIO5udUlMngLfdBrpkl7IQv25FjD_rtQuO8Pp9Kwqc&s=Igr-Y4uGLgTNDFWhllWlvXm4g2dJXeCx98oHs_mh-5Q&e=>)* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the RESADM-L list, click the following link: > http://lists.healthresearch.org/scripts/wa-HLTHRES.exe?SUBED1=RESADM-L&A=1 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.healthresearch.org_scripts_wa-2DHLTHRES.exe-3FSUBED1-3DRESADM-2DL-26A-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=_guqGb0Ao5SsWX3o8b5DHwnHqel5X-waTlbwL5jWrVI&m=wpIO5udUlMngLfdBrpkl7IQv25FjD_rtQuO8Pp9Kwqc&s=arofXj26RTXDmNFRrNuaFzM45QdQYQK7-X2-8rTk21Q&e=> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the RESADM-L list, click the following link: > http://lists.healthresearch.org/scripts/wa-HLTHRES.exe?SUBED1=RESADM-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the RESADM-L list: write to: mailto:xxxxxx@LISTS.HEALTHRESEARCH.ORG or click the following link: http://lists.healthresearch.org/scripts/wa-HLTHRES.exe?SUBED1=RESADM-L&A=1
