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Academic Appointees
Summer Salary
Nonacademic Appointees
Extra Compensation
Effort Reporting


Academic Appointees
The Office of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties is responsible for administering policies and maintaining records for all academic personnel. The Indiana University Academic Handbook contains information, policies, and procedures that apply to academic appointees on all campuses of the University. Questions concerning the use of academic ranks and titles or the provisions of policies affecting academic appointees should be directed to the Office of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties on your campus.


Summer Salary  
Faculty members on academic-year appointments may be given summer appointments on external grants or contracts. Detailed information about calculating summer salary and limitations is available at www.iupui.edu/~resed/srs/spoadmin/calsumsalary.html.


Nonacademic Appointees
University Human Resource Services is responsible for the formulation and administration of University-wide nonacademic personnel programs, policies, and procedures; and providing assistance and guidance to the operating units in all nonacademic personnel matters. Within most departments, personnel representatives are available for help with organizational and staff planning programs.

Standard University procedures are to be used in making staff appointments on research projects. The University is committed to following the same evaluation procedures for positions funded by grants and contracts as those funded through other sources.



Extra Compensation
In preparing external funding proposals, keep the University's policy on extra compensation in mind. The following excerpt is from the section titled "Outside Activities and Extra Compensation" in the Indiana University Academic Handbook:

"Faculty members devoting part time to projects supported by contracts and grants will receive General Fund salary support only for that portion of their time devoted to regular University programs of instruction and research. In no case will the total salary components from General Fund and contract or grant sources exceed 100 percent of the faculty member's normal, budgeted salary rate."

Some general guidelines:

  • Academic year or fiscal year salary for faculty may be included in a grant only on a released time basis with a like reduction in General Fund support for the period
  • Summer support may be included following current summer pay guidelines
  • Occasional short-term consulting funds may be included for IU faculty members from other departments or from separate or remote operations of the same unit
  • Funding for current research appointees named in the application must follow University salary policies, which specify, among other things, that rate increases are permitted only on anniversary dates of appointment, and that justification must be provided for extraordinary increases

Questions regarding compensation and extra compensation for work on active grants or contract projects should be directed to Contract and Grant Administration or the Office of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties on your campus. Questions for preparing proposal budgets should be directed to Sponsored Research Services.

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Indianapolis, IN 46202-5167

Phone: (317) 278-3473
Fax: (317) 274-8744
E-Mail:
srsinfo@iupui.edu

See also: IU Financial Policy III-90, Supplemental Pay on Federal Accounts


Effort Reporting
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21 requires personnel activity reports for employees who fit certain criteria. Detailed information on the A-21 Effort Reporting requirements is available from Important Notice 03-3.

Questions regarding effort reports should be directed to Contract and Grant Administration.
Office of Research Administration
Last Update: July 10, 2008
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