Grant-Funded Faculty Payments

Faculty contracts for overload or summer salary will be generated per the terms in the approved grant budget. Contracts will be issued against the grant cost center via the non-teaching request form below, or from the faculty member, or directly from ORSP.

Examples of activities that require a non-teaching contract include:

• Faculty who are Grant Mentors: Providing oversight and guidance to student researchers; it does not affect teaching load or summer salary.
  • Amount: $500-$2000
  • Example: Educational awards where faculty are named mentors
• Faculty who are Grant Participants: Motivating faculty to participate in some minor aspect of research; it does not affect teaching load or summer salary
  • Amount: $25-$1000
  • Examples: Trying out a new technique in the classroom and giving feedback; collecting data from students in a class for an IRB study

Who can be issued a non-teaching contract from ORSP for work on a grant-funded project?

Non-Teaching Contract Form: Full-time Faculty Non-Teaching Contact Request

Note: Use Object Code 5116 on the non-teaching contract request form

Adjunct Faculty are Eligible through a different process

Adjunct Faculty Non-Standard Contract Request Form - Submitted to Solman Ahmed, Managing Assistant Director in the Provost's Office

Note: Use Object Code 5113 (adjunct) on the form

Q: The non-teaching contract states that 12-month lecturers are not allowed to be paid by such means. Is there another way to pay them? 

A: 12-month lecturers cannot be paid extra through a non-teaching contract for work on grants, as their time is already fully committed. However, one option is to get approval for them to do research in place of teaching a course.  

Q: The faculty policy document AA07 Faculty Roles on Sponsored Projects sets monetary caps for different roles, such as $1K for participants and $2K for mentors. In what time frame is the cap applied? Is it based on a fiscal year, academic year, or semester? 

A: The $2K cap is annual and applies per grant. Any compensation beyond this must be documented as effort.