Bill,

I think an enviable position would be to have the extra compensation
as a gift to the University for unrestricted use by the principal investigator.
That money would be out of the sponsored program office and could be
used for travel, supplementing summer salary in future years, buying
computer equipment that may be "iffy" on research grants such as
color printers, or even cost-sharing on future work!

-----Original Message-----
From:   William Campbell [SMTP:xxxxxx@UWRF.EDU]
Sent:   Monday, February 01, 1999 12:19 PM
To:     xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject:        semi-hypothetical question

RESADMers

I know a researcher who has found a wealthy private donor to support his
research.  (An enviable situation, no?)  The donor will pay the researcher's
university for 25% of his time.  No problem there, we all know how to do that.
However, the donor is also willing to pay an additional sum to the researcher,
above and beyond his current salary.   (An even more enviable position to be
in.)

Question--what's the best way to handle that additional payment?  If the donor
pays it directly to the researcher, the donor cannot deduct it as a charitable
contribution.  If the donor pays it to the researcher's university, he may run
up against overload and fringe benefit issues, though--so far, at least--the
university is willing to count this extra payment as covered by their standard
'one day a week for consulting' rule.

What are the other possibilities?

Regards, Bill Campbell

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