Can a PI charge Academic Year Time to research grants?
A faculty member may request the use of sponsored project awards (R funds) to pay academic year salary on the following basis: • The faculty member documents that academic year salary is an allowable charge to the project, that the amount to be charged is consistent with effort to be spent on the award during the time periods charged, and that this effort is above and beyond any cost sharing commitment of academic year time. • The department chair and the Dean approve the request. • No more than 3 months of total salary during a single 9-month academic year may be charged directly to sponsored projects under this policy. The total charged directly to sponsored projects, plus any cost sharing of academic year time, may not exceed 4.5 months during an academic year. Requests in excess of 4.5 months during an academic year require approval of the Provost, and will be granted only in unusual circumstances. • The budgeted funds for academic year salary and associated fringe benefits (when t
