6.0 Policies for Salary Support and Supplemental Compensation on Grants and Contracts

The determination as to whether an external source of funding administered by the university is a grant or a contract is made by the VCAA.  The decision of the VCAA may be appealed to the Research Committee, which will advise the Chancellor.  The decision of the Chancellor is final and may not be appealed. 

Summer supplemental income from contracts and grants

• The maximum salaries that faculty may be paid from grant(s) administered over the summer through the university are:    
• The lesser of 1/9th of annual base salary per month of full-time commitment to the grant project for a maximum of 3 months, or the amount allowed by the funding agency;
• Compensation equivalent to 1/18th of annual base salary per month if the faculty member is teaching one course during the six weeks of a six-week summer session;
• No compensation during the six weeks of a six-week summer session if the faculty member is teaching two courses;
• No compensation during the three weeks of a three-week summer session if the faculty member is teaching one course.
• The university does not limit the supplemental income a faculty member may receive from contract(s) during the summer, but does place limits on the time a faculty may devote to contract work, as follows:
• No limitations if the faculty member is not teaching or does not have administrative responsibilities
• A limitation of 20 hours per work week during a six-week summer session if the faculty member is teaching one course;
• No time may be committed during the work week of a six-week summer session if the faculty member is teaching two courses;
• No time may be committed during the work week of a three-week summer session if the faculty member is teaching a course.

Regular semesters (fall and spring) supplemental income from contracts and grants  

• Faculty may not receive supplements to their academic year salaries from grants administered through the university
  
• With the approval of the department head, dean, and VCAA, and if allowed by the granting or contracting agency, a faculty member may buy out one or more courses through a grant or contract. In such cases, the university normally will receive reimbursement of salary and benefits equal to the proportion of a normal teaching load the buy out represents.  (For example, if the normal teaching load is 6 courses per year and the buy out is for one course each of the two semesters, the university will be reimbursed 1/3 of base salary and benefits.) 
• The university does not limit the supplemental income a faculty member may receive from contract(s) during regular semesters, so long as contracts are administered through the university, but it does place limits on the time a faculty may devote to contract work for a maximum of one working day per week when classes are in session.