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Re: Posting of IDC Survey Results Diana Demers 17 Jan 1996 14:53 EST

Is it politically correct to whammy your boss?

Cheers,

Diana

>Thanks for sharing this.  I was talking to my Boss about this
> recently and got to whammy her with this cool info.
>
> Still out of the closet,
>
> Spanky
>--------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------
>I have received several requests for this survey, so I thought I would post
>it for everyone.  I hope it isn't too hard to follow; formatting is a
>problem.  This is a compilation of information others sent to me, much of
>it is from earlier surveys done by Debra Easterly and Susan Kuyper.  Thanks
>to them and to everyone who responded.
>
>Diana Demers
>Grants Administrator
>Keene State College
>Keene New Hampshire
>
>University of New Hampshire:
>General Fund                    50%
>research center/institute       40-50%
>or
>Department                      10%
>VP's Research Fund              25%
>PI                              15%
>VP for Research receives a small amount for a discretionary research award
>
>Davidson College:
>overhead                        40%
>department                      10%
>VPAA research fund              25%
>PI                              25%
>
>Wake Forest University:
>matching fund account           15%
>originating department          25%
>university                      60%
>
>University of Florida:
>Ag component -
>VP                              50%
>dean                            25%
>department                      15%
>PI                              10%
>
>Division of Sponsored Research -
>VP/Research/Graduate Studies    60%
>dean                            15%
>department                      15%
>PI                              10%
>
>Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University:
>department or research center   94%
>central research administration  6%
> Western Carolina University:
>state's general fund            50%
>chancellor's discretionary fnd  50%
>
>University of Wisconsin - River Falls:
>Vice Chancellor's office        50%
>dean of submitting college      50%
>
>University of Louisville:
>PI                              10%
>chair                           10%
>research administrator*         20%
>university operations           60%
>*for faculty recruitment
>
>Black Hills State University:
>university                     35%
>college                        35%
>grants office                  30%
>
>The Graduate College--University of Northern Iowa:
>General Fund                    65%
>35% is distributed as follows:
>principal investigator(s)       30%
>PI's department                 15%
>PI's dean                       15%
>Graduate College*               40%
>* to support the University Grants & Contracts Office.  The PI's funds are
>for supplies and services related to research not salary; deans and heads
>are to use their share to support faculty activities related to research,
>scholarship, creative activity and future grant activity.
>
>Bloomsburg University:
>department*                     25%
>research activities**           75%
>*Allocation of these funds is a departmental decision but most departments
>allow the individual generating the money to use it for professional
>activities.
>**The Provost, Assistant VP for Grad Studies and Research, and the Director
>of Grants administer the fund.  Most is spent to support an internal grants
>program that is used for seed money and for a "grant matching reserve" to
>provide matching funds for proposals.
> Winona State University (Minnesota):
>Dept of the PI          15%
>College of the PI       10%
>Library                 15%
>Grants Office           35%
>finance administration  25%
>
>Texas A&M:
>General                 50%
>PI                      25%
>chair                   15%
>college                 10%
>
>Kutztown:
>department              35%
>college                 20%
>Grants Office           25%
>University              20%
>Grants Office uses funds to send faculty to visit program officers, to
>sponsor grants writing seminars, to host an awards reception for those who
>have applied for grants.
>
>CSULB:
>Faculty get a percentage of the indirect earned in the grant, so for
>instance, if they have a grant at our full indirect of 42.5% then they get
>42.5% of the indirect retrieved from the funding agency.  This goes on down
>to 8% where it stops. Below 8% the college must pay the difference.
>
>Western Illinois University:
>Sponsored Projects              35%
>Dean                            45%
>VP Administrative Services      15%
>Provost/Academic Affairs         5%
>
>Miami University (Ohio):
>Indirect Distribution (except for special cases)
>PI's Department                 15%
>PI's Division/School/College    20%
>Provost*                        20%
>Financial Affairs General Fund  45%
>* (including support of Research and Sponsored Programs Office)
> CMSU:
>General Fund                    33%
>Office of Sponsored Research    17%
>Dean and Chair (negotiated)     50%
>In the event of multiple colleges and departments, allocations are based on
>PI/PD's % effort.
>
>University of Florida:
>Vice President                 50%
>Dean                           25%
>Department                     15%
>P.I.                           10%
>
>University of Charleston:
>Non-Research Grants -
>general fund                    100%
>Research Grants -
>general fund                    50%
>Dean                            50%
>(each Dean has a different split within the division)
>
>University of Wisconsin-River Falls:
>General                         50%
>Department                      50%
>
>Marquette University:
>General                         80%
>Dean/Program Director:          20%
>
>College of William and Mary:
>Department                      17.5%
>President's Discretionary Fund  17.5%
>Internal Grants Program         35%
>General Fund                    30%
>
>Youngstown State University:
>Department                      25%
>Graduate Dean                   75%
>The portion managed by the Graduate Dean is restricted to grant-related
>initiatives (e.g., matching funds for grants, internal grants programs,
>tuition payments for graduate assistants).
> Colorado State University:
>College Dean:                   40%
>VP for Research                  6.5%
>Money distributed to the Deans must be used in support of research.  The
>portion allocated to the VP for Research is used for start-up funds, cost
>sharing and matching funds, and some travel grants.  An internal faculty
>development grant program ($50,000 annually) is also funded from the
>indirect cost revenue.
>
>University of Akron:
>Dean                            15%
>Department                      17%
>Research Office                 15%
>PI                              10%
>General Fund                    33%
>Finance Office                   8%
>Legal                            2%
>
>Ohio University:
>Academic Unit                   35%
>Of this, up to 10% may be allocated to the Dean; up to 25% may be allocated
>to the chair of the department which generated the grant; the balance goes
>to the PI.
>
>Emporia State University:
>Research Office:                53%
>School/College                  25%
>Vice President                  15%
>President                        5%
>VP Fiscal Affairs                2%
>
>Winona State University:
>Department                      15%
>School/College                  10%
>Library                         15%
>Grants Office                   35%
>Gen. Admin.                     25%
>
>Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis:
>Sponsored Research              80%
>General Fund                    20%
> Davidson College:
>General Fund                    50%
>Academic VP's
>   Research Fund                20%
>Department                      10%
>PI                              20%
>
>University of Southern California:
>100% to school/college which pays 100% of indirect expenses.
>
>Medical College of Ohio:
>Department                     10%
>
>Carnegie Mellon University:
>100% General Fund
>
>Central Missouri State University:
>Dean                          50%
>General Fund                  33%
>Sponsored Res. Office         17%
>
>
>Wake Forest University:
>Matching Fund Acct            15%
>Department                    25%
>General Fund                  60%
>
>Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University:
>Department/Chair            94%
>Research Administration      6%
>
>Western Carolina University:
>State's General Fund    50%
>Chacellor's Fund        50%
>
>University of Louisville:
>PI                      10%
>Department Chair        10%
>Faculty Recruitment     20%
>General Fund            60%
> Black Hills State University:
>General Fund            35%
>College or School       35%
>Grants Office           30%
>
>Auburn University:
>General Fund            60%
>Dean/Chair              40%
>Of the portion going to the Dean/Chair, the Dean determines what the exact
>split will be and whether a portion of that 40% should go to the PI would
>grant generated the income.
>
>=====================================
>Mike McCallister, Ph.D.
>Director, Sponsored Programs
>Southeast Missouri State University
>One University Plaza
>Cape Girardeau, MO  63701
>voice 573.651.2196
>fax 573.651.2001
>xxxxxx@SEMOVM.SEMO.EDU
>=====================================
>
>Rev. Al Green on the subject of Soul:
>"It's something you have to feel more than know, and if you don't
>feel it, all the knowing in the world won't help."
>
>Delbert McClinton on the future and love,
>"Someday, Baby. Someday, Maybe. Maybe Someday, Baby."